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  2. Women in Shakespeare's works - Wikipedia

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    The editors of a 1983 collection called The Woman's Part, referencing three books by women authors from the 19th century (an authoritative book, Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women by Anna Jameson, originally published 1832, and two fictional biographies in novel form of two of Shakespeare's heroines from 1885) conclude that these ...

  3. Category:Female Shakespearean characters - Wikipedia

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  4. Abigail Thorn - Wikipedia

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    Abigail Thorn (born 24 April 1993) is an English YouTuber, actress, and playwright. [2] [3]Thorn created the YouTube channel Philosophy Tube in 2013, when she sought to provide free lessons in philosophy in the wake of the 2012 increase in university tuition fees in England.

  5. Why weren't women allowed to act in Shakespeare's plays? - AOL

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    – Anastasia, Herdon, Virginia, 15 The role of Desdemona, the devoted, loving wife murdered by her husband in “Othello,” wasn’t performed by a woman until 1660 – about six decades after ...

  6. Mary Cowden Clarke - Wikipedia

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    While at Nice, Cowden-Clarke published World-noted Women, or Types of Womanly Attributes of all Lands and all Ages (New York City, 1858). In 1860, she issued Shakespeare's Works, edited with a scrupulous revision of the text (New York and London), and in 1864, The Life and Labours of Vincent Novello. During the preceding year, she and her ...

  7. Rosalind (As You Like It) - Wikipedia

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    Rosalind is the heroine and protagonist of the play As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare.In the play, she disguises herself as a male shepherd named Ganymede. Many actors have portrayed Rosalind, including Sarah Wayne Callies, Maggie Smith, Elisabeth Bergner, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Helen Mirren, Patti LuPone, Helen McCrory, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrian Lester and ...

  8. Camiola - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical,Shakespeare's Heroines: Characteristics of Women, Moral, and Poetical, pp. 59–62, By Jameson Anna; Noble Deeds of Woman; Or, Examples of Female Courage and Virtue By Elizabeth Starling, p. 357, Hale and Whiting (1881), original at New York public library.

  9. List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z) - Wikipedia

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    For Woman (in The Two Noble Kinsmen) see Waiting Woman. Woodville: Woodville is Lieutenant of the Tower of London in Henry VI, Part 1. See also Queen Elizabeth, Rivers, Dorset and Grey, all of whom are of the Woodville clan.