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Fairer than the Evening Star

14 Tuesday Jun 2016

Posted by la Clarina in Poetry, Theatre

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Boy players, Christopher Marley, Doctor Faustus, Helen of Troy, The Admiral's Men

HelenboyNow imagine for a moment that you are a boy player with the Admiral’s Men, in the early 1590s. The company’s sharers are discussing: should they buy Kit Marlowe’s latest work, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, or not?

When the meeting is over, you bounce to ask your master – and yes, they’ll buy the play, Ned Alleyn will play the lead, and there are devils in it. You are a little alarmed, because you still play women’s parts, and Marlowe’s women are not always what you’d call a joy to play…

“And what of the women, master?” you ask. “What do I do?” Continue reading →

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