daniel s.your semi-regular reminder that women weren't allowed to perform on stage until the 1660s and that from the 5th century BC until 360 years ago, every show was a drag show
this would include every depiction of mary in a nativity or passion play btw
EmpressNorton@selfagency Also surely all of us, as children, saw at least one movie that included a man dressing as a woman?
Nick 'The Viking'
Gigawatt121@selfagency best factoid ever
🚲@selfagency Where? England? Europe?
Fade@selfagency This varied by genre, as well as time/place, even in areas roughly defined as European. Ancient Roman mime ("mimus"), which included spoken dialogue, had female actors. It was considered less reputable than many other forms of drama partly for that reason.