>> On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:14:35 -0400, Andrew Swallow wrote
(in article ):
> On 20/06/2013 21:17, Amy Guskin wrote:
> {snip}
>
>>
>> Both Andreas and Peter were apparently disappointed that they weren't
>> actually going to film it, though. :-D
>>
>> Amy
>>
>
> A test of their acting ability. You have to go back the Shakespeare to
> find a good man in a dress role. <<
Exactly! Although, even modern renderings of A Midsummer Night's Dream have a
travesti: Flute, the bellows mender, portrays Thisbe in the play they present
at the Duke's wedding. Andreas was in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Public
Theater in New York, in the early 80s, but he didn't get to play a woman
then, either: he was Snout the Tinker, so in the wedding play, he portrayed a
wall (or rather, "Wall"). :-)
Amy
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