5.7.8 Female Roles

What do you remember from the text? Choose the correct answer.

1. For many years women were not allowed to act in English theatres. Why not?
   • Because they were busy looking after children.
   • Because it was regarded as unseemly for women to perform in public.
   • Because there were no female characters in the plays.

2. When were women first allowed to act in English theatres?
   • 1660
   • 1884
   • 1918

3. Who acted the female roles before women were allowed to?
   • young boys
   • puppets
   • old men