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What role did woman play in shakespeares plays?

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Women did not play any roles in Shakespeare's plays.  Men, dressed as women, played the women's parts.  A woman was considered loose if she was an actress or performer, and in the rough and tumble atmosphere of the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare put on his plays, it may not have been safe for a woman to appear on stage. 

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Sandy Aptecker · answered over a year ago

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none, only men could be in plays during the time that Shakespeare was around.  more

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