Ros Ballaster
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171 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 6 Aug
Ros Ballaster’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's owned by those managers, whereas previously they were stock companies.
Well, the second part, in his second, in 1660, well, a few years later, Charles passes an edict that says all parts for women must be played by women.
And interestingly, he says that because he says otherwise, there are scurrilous and obscene passages that are given to female parts.
So he's saying, actually, he's going to make the theatre more respectable by having women play these parts.
Our impression is, of course, that this is a kind of enormous novelty and excitement, seeing women playing female parts on the stage.
I think they'd always gone to the theatre before.
I think there are new kinds of parts for women.
Ben starts her career writing tragedy comedies, actually, and those tragedy comedies have amazing parts for women.
They're sort of the commandeering, powerful woman, the woman who kind of commands love with her eyes,
These extraordinary actresses like Elizabeth Barry, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester's mistress, and Nell Gwynn, who have real stage presence and are really attractive to the audience.
So they're a draw, they're a lure to this new kind of theatre.
It's really difficult for us to work out what people earned from some theatrical work.
Again, what's different about these theatres, in the Renaissance period, a playwright received £8 for their script and it was then owned by the company.
In this period, the playwright earns the profits from the third night of a performance.
So once all of the cost is taken out, you get the profits.
If you run to a sixth or ninth night, you might get those profits.
Another bit of earning might come from publishing your play.
You might get about £10 for that three months later.
If you're a man, you might get some dedication.
Dryden, some money from dedications.
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