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The article states that stage plays don't have "breeches roles" in the sense of a male role expected to played by a woman. But what about something such as Peter Pan, where the playwright expected that Peter would be played by a young woman, and in every major stage production since (and the first movie), it's been done that way (e.g. Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, Cathy Rigby)? In these cases its been less about voice than a combination of maturity to handle the job (requiring an adult or nearly so), with size/weight for the flying sequences and not looking too "manly" (requiring a female). I suspect there have been other "boy" stage roles that have been treated similarly. Tverbeek 18:32, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hi, 80.168.130.100! I've invisibled your "See also: Principal boy" (it's still there, just not displayed), because the principal boy thing is already mentioned and linked in the article. Maybe it would be more logically placed and easily noticed if it was higher up, though, along with Peter Pan? The article is coming on very nicely with several editors pitching in now, but could perhaps do with a bit of re-structuring. I wrote the original version, which was all about the 17th century, but I don't feel any too competent about later stuff. Also, anybody got anything about legit drama that's not specifically UK? Anybody got any references (to go with my two about Restoration plays)?-- Bishonen | Talk 12:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I repeat myself from back in 2004, just above: anybody got any references? The references section is lopsided. The only two references that are there were added by me for my original stub about Restoration drama. It's a bit absurd to have those, and then no sources at all for the opera part. Come on, please, the people who contributed the opera stuff. If you've got an authoritative book or two that confirms what the article says, just put them into the references section. Don't worry about formatting entries right if that's not your thing, I can do it afterwards. Bishonen | ノート 10:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC).
in the article Ngaio Marsh external links, the link to image of NM as Hamlet is specified a "breeches role". Which way is it again? I'm confused. Manytexts ( talk) 16:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
The last sentence in the second paragraph is: "The most frequently performed breeches roles are Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Hansel (Hansel und Gretel) and Orpheus (Orpheus and Euridice), though the latter was originally written for a male singer, ... "
In this context, "latter" means the second of two (and only two) items — but here there are four (Cherubino, Octavian, Hansel and Orpheus); if "latter" is meant to refer to Orpheus, the clause should be amended to " ... though the last was originally written for a male singer, ... "
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talk) 06:59, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
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The article states that stage plays don't have "breeches roles" in the sense of a male role expected to played by a woman. But what about something such as Peter Pan, where the playwright expected that Peter would be played by a young woman, and in every major stage production since (and the first movie), it's been done that way (e.g. Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, Cathy Rigby)? In these cases its been less about voice than a combination of maturity to handle the job (requiring an adult or nearly so), with size/weight for the flying sequences and not looking too "manly" (requiring a female). I suspect there have been other "boy" stage roles that have been treated similarly. Tverbeek 18:32, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hi, 80.168.130.100! I've invisibled your "See also: Principal boy" (it's still there, just not displayed), because the principal boy thing is already mentioned and linked in the article. Maybe it would be more logically placed and easily noticed if it was higher up, though, along with Peter Pan? The article is coming on very nicely with several editors pitching in now, but could perhaps do with a bit of re-structuring. I wrote the original version, which was all about the 17th century, but I don't feel any too competent about later stuff. Also, anybody got anything about legit drama that's not specifically UK? Anybody got any references (to go with my two about Restoration plays)?-- Bishonen | Talk 12:44, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I repeat myself from back in 2004, just above: anybody got any references? The references section is lopsided. The only two references that are there were added by me for my original stub about Restoration drama. It's a bit absurd to have those, and then no sources at all for the opera part. Come on, please, the people who contributed the opera stuff. If you've got an authoritative book or two that confirms what the article says, just put them into the references section. Don't worry about formatting entries right if that's not your thing, I can do it afterwards. Bishonen | ノート 10:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC).
in the article Ngaio Marsh external links, the link to image of NM as Hamlet is specified a "breeches role". Which way is it again? I'm confused. Manytexts ( talk) 16:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
The last sentence in the second paragraph is: "The most frequently performed breeches roles are Cherubino (The Marriage of Figaro), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Hansel (Hansel und Gretel) and Orpheus (Orpheus and Euridice), though the latter was originally written for a male singer, ... "
In this context, "latter" means the second of two (and only two) items — but here there are four (Cherubino, Octavian, Hansel and Orpheus); if "latter" is meant to refer to Orpheus, the clause should be amended to " ... though the last was originally written for a male singer, ... "
Prisoner of Zenda (
talk) 06:59, 19 April 2022 (UTC)