Re: RAT Following "What the F*** Is Diversity?"

[Cat Hebert <virtualdrama@juno.com>]

Jessica in Alaska

If these are 17 year old *girls*, it might perk them up to think that
there has been some speculation that Shakespeare might actually have been
a woman, or might have been a collaboration between two court nobles, one
of whom was a woman. Part of the reason for the speculation [no real
evidence that I know of] has to do with the fact that the writing of the
female roles is unusually sensitive for a male of the period (or any
period, if it comes to that). It *could* have been written by a man, but
it makes more sense to think that a woman was involved in some way
[perhaps detailed interviews? or improvisation] in their creation. There
is also the peculiar fact that although the roles were being written for
boy actors to play, many of the roles that don't involve gender switching
seem to actually be written for women to play.

The "perk up" discussion might be. "Could Shakespeare have been a woman?"
(Warning. This may infuriate their English teacher's next year -- or
might delight them.) If you have a mixed male-female group. What is there
about these monologues that is very female? (That should get them going,
and might even result in some revelations about internal feelings that
the males/females haven't considered before.)

For the gender switching stuff, well, they're living in a cold climate.
When you are bundled up how can you tell the difference between men and
women? Etc. etc.

Cheers,
Cat Hebert (male)


On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 01:45:58 EDT BeSpecific@aol.com writes:
> What ever happened to the generation gap thread?
> 
> PS. Speaking of lively discussion, does anyone have anything to say 
> about a Winter's Tale, or the scene between Lady Anne and Rich III? 
> I am performing 2 monologues (hermione, paulina) and doing a quick 
> scene from RIII tomorrow for Sitka Fine Arts Camp, and I would love 
> to have some RAT-tail comments as a means of intro, if you happen to 
> have any interesting/unusual facts about Shakespeare/his plays/the 
> time period, anything that might perk up a 17 year old.
> 
> Jessica in Alaska
> 
> 
> 
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