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Upper class women had their own performances

Maryh is right on target when she posted that women could not be public. But women were writing at this time and sharing their sonnets and plays with each other. They would perform their plays for a group of nobility (I'd assume family and close friends) but never in public. A former prof of mine, Rosemary Kegl, published a book about 2 years ago on this topic. I'm pretty sure that she is at Rochester Univ. now.

Posted by Karen Becker on April 24, 1997 at 19:15:02
 In Reply to "I AM SEAKING HELP: WHY WERE WOMEN BANNED FROM THE STAGE IN SHAKE'S TIME?" posted by LJ on April 22, 1997 at 22:29:03


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