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Shakespeare's boy actors
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- Creator
- W. Robertson Davies
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Russell & Russell, 1964
- Physical Details
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- vii, 207 pages : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 23 cm
- OCLC
- ocm04327326
- "First published in 1939. Reissued, 1964."
- Bibliography: page [208]
- I. The position of the boy actors in the Elizabethan theatre--The Puritan attack on the theatre as it affected the boys--The coming of actresses after the restoration--Contemporary evidence of the ability of boy actors--Elizabethan acting--The training of the boys--Illusion in the Elizabethan theatre -- 2. The Women's roles in Shakespeare's comedies discussed with reference to the boy actor -- 3. The women's roles in Shakespeare's histories and tragedies discussed with reference to the boy actor -- 4. The old women in Shakespeare's plays and the men who played them--The children in Shakespeare--Unusual roles written for boy actors -- Indecency of speech among Shakespeare's women and its effect on audiences subsequent to the restoration--Physical lovemaking on the Elizabethan stage with reference to the boy actor--The technique of the boy actor as it affects the modern actress in Shakespeare