Sources say that women were not allowed to act in theatre productions because they were uneducated compared to men. Playwrights, audiences, and mostly everyone, feared that due to this education gap, women wouldn’t know what to do when they got on stage, which could potentially ruin the entire production. This made women feel significantly less intelligent, and even worthless. Men, especially the wealthy, for lacking basic knowledge and education, often taunted women. Despite the fact that they weren’t allowed to perform, women still attended theatre productions in great numbers. However, some people considered this even too public of a role for women to partake in. Many said that women in the audience were a distraction and often times
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Modern day director and writer, Stella Duffy says, “When we do not see ourselves on stage we are reminded, yet again, that the people running our world do not notice when we are not there. That they think men (and yes, white, middle-class, middle-aged, able-bodied men at that) are all that we need to see.” This quote applies to how women must have felt in the past during the Elizabethan Era as well. Because women were not legally allowed on stage, men figured that they didn’t need women up there at all and plays would proceed just fine with only men. This makes women feel unnoticed and unappreciated as if they have no purpose in the theatre business at …show more content…
Women, who began to appear, typically had sexual roles. They tended to be women of a lower class; it wouldn 't take a toll on their social-status. In Shakespeare’s plays, women were never 'free ' of male command. If they aren 't married off, or a daughter, they are typically controlled by an employer. Later, when TV came into the picture, Woman began appearing on TV as well. Woman still appeared a certain way. Now they appeared the way they were 'expected to be '. A perfect example of this is one of the commonly known hit-sitcom I Love Lucy. The show included a woman named Lucille Ball in a leading role. Female roles typically consisted of women as mothers, merrily doing their domestic responsibilities, and taking care of the children. I Love Lucy did just that as well. TV depicted women as housewives, and never the one to be 'in charge ' or in a 'power-position '. As you can see, this image changed over the
Modern day director and writer, Stella Duffy says, “When we do not see ourselves on stage we are reminded, yet again, that the people running our world do not notice when we are not there. That they think men (and yes, white, middle-class, middle-aged, able-bodied men at that) are all that we need to see.” This quote applies to how women must have felt in the past during the Elizabethan Era as well. Because women were not legally allowed on stage, men figured that they didn’t need women up there at all and plays would proceed just fine with only men. This makes women feel unnoticed and unappreciated as if they have no purpose in the theatre business at …show more content…
Women, who began to appear, typically had sexual roles. They tended to be women of a lower class; it wouldn 't take a toll on their social-status. In Shakespeare’s plays, women were never 'free ' of male command. If they aren 't married off, or a daughter, they are typically controlled by an employer. Later, when TV came into the picture, Woman began appearing on TV as well. Woman still appeared a certain way. Now they appeared the way they were 'expected to be '. A perfect example of this is one of the commonly known hit-sitcom I Love Lucy. The show included a woman named Lucille Ball in a leading role. Female roles typically consisted of women as mothers, merrily doing their domestic responsibilities, and taking care of the children. I Love Lucy did just that as well. TV depicted women as housewives, and never the one to be 'in charge ' or in a 'power-position '. As you can see, this image changed over the