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ChazInAz

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22. I've been on stage over fifty years.

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 12:56 PM

Jul 2019

A variety of characters in several productions of the Scottish Play. (Banquo, the drunken gatekeeper, the Doctor, etc...many productions had us doubling up on parts, as did Shakespeare's company!)
Polonius, Claudius and The Ghost in two Hamlets.
Prospero and Gonzalo in two Tempests.
Egeus and Quince in a couple of Midsummer Night Dreams. (Did costumes for one of them.)
The Fool in King Lear.
Richard III and Duke of Clarence in two Richards. ("We're not safe, George, we're not safe.&quot
Don Adriano de Armado in Love's Labour's Lost.
Duke Frederic in As You Like It.
Not to mention many other smaller roles and walk-ons in my misspent youth. (Before I lost my Hungarian accent!)

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Was Shakespeare a Woman? [View all] saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 OP

No, no, no, no, NO! Aristus Jul 2019 #1

Please, provide proof saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #4

Simple. William Shakespeare was an actor/shareholder of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later Aristus Jul 2019 #9

Shakespeare was really born in Kenya, and couldn't have written them anway jberryhill Jul 2019 #10

Gottcha...no wonder fish are so easy to snag. saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #12

Precisely! ChazInAz Jul 2019 #19

What are some of the roles you have played? Aristus Jul 2019 #21

I've been on stage over fifty years. ChazInAz Jul 2019 #22

Cool! Aristus Jul 2019 #23

I studied Shakespeare in college, also... Mike Nelson Jul 2019 #2

Actually, Christopher Marlowe's writing style was notably different from that of Shakespeare. Aristus Jul 2019 #3

Actually, I don't... Mike Nelson Jul 2019 #7

There is the the Mary Sidney Society OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #5

Thank you, this is helpful. saidsimplesimon Jul 2019 #6

It sounds like this hypothesis is based on the age-old argument that Aristus Jul 2019 #13

Based on your observations, one might ask... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #15

That's a perfectly valid argument, one that has been forwarded before. Aristus Jul 2019 #16

You're far more charitable toward John... OneBlueDotBama Jul 2019 #17

Oh, he did get into trouble. Aristus Jul 2019 #18

This is fascinating! A very convincing argument - I'll have to read some more The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #8

Two conspiracy theories we'll always have: who really was Shakespeare Hassler Jul 2019 #11

This is because if people are pre-disposed to disbelieve a certain event, Aristus Jul 2019 #14

+1 Hassler Jul 2019 #20