The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2729  Tuesday, 4 December 2001

From:           David Wilson-Okamura <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Monday, 03 Dec 2001 10:25:42 -0600
Subject:        Cosmetics for Actors

At WT 4.4.99-103, Perdita says of "nature's bastards," the gillyvor,

                                    I'll not put
     The dibble in earth to set one slip of them,
     No more than, were I painted, I would wish
     This youth should say 'twere well, and only therefore
     Desire to breed by me.

Question: was the boy actor who played Perdita "painted" indeed?

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