The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0493 Tuesday, 23 May 2006
From: David Richman <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 22 May 2006 17:18:15 -0400
Subject: 17.0478 Seattle All-Female Hamlet
Comment: Re: SHK 17.0478 Seattle All-Female Hamlet
Ah! for certitude. How about casting girls as Shakespeare's boys? I
think Ellen Terry, both in her youth, and again in her age, played
Mamillius.
And I suppose the productions before 1661 also didn't work? Alas, for His
Majesty's Servants.
David Richman
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