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Gender Stereotypes In 'Much Ado And The Drowsy'

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I would like to make some comparisons between plays I have be apart of at waapa and the use of gender stereotypes the two shows I’m using are Much ado about nothing and The Drowsy chaperone in both plays there are set character that are staged as cleaners or house maids. In much ado about nothing the house maids were all female characters. Obviously this is stated within the script, it was a decision made by the director to keep everything in character. In the drowsy chaperone there are 4 house maids 2 female and 2 male, while the maids are just fill in for the chorus of the musical this shows the time difference between the play much ado written in 1598 to the music the drowsy chaperone written in 1968 this show the time difference between

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