From: Amy Guskin 

>> 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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