Shakespeare's Sex Life
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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The Role of the Language in Shakespeare's Comedy
In Shakespeare's time, it was young boys playing the women's parts. There wasn't any physical expression of woman on stage or female-ness as it were. So maybe that's why the language has to work so hard to draw attention to create the sexy bits. But there's also the playfulness, actually more joyous playfulness around gender in Shakespeare's works.
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