Sentence examples for characters were played from inspiring English sources
Women being banned from the stage until 1660 when Charles II was restored to the throne, Shakespeare's female characters were played by boys.
The same characters were played, with a bit less sparkle, nine years earlier by Adolph Menjou and Pat O'Brien in "The Front Page".
The movie is set in the eighteen-eighties, in the world of Kabuki theatre, in which women weren't allowed to act and female characters were played by men.
In his first film role, in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, most of the Chinese characters were played by a European cast.
Working from Van Druten's script, the twenty-five characters were played by ten veteran actresses, with the incomparable Barbara Barrie in the lead.
These characters were played by Steve Kiziak and Arlene Pileggi.
These movie characters were playing out the larger struggles of the era.
(These 11 varied characters are played by Maureen Sebastian, Mr. Jackson, Lisa Emery and Mark Blum).
All three characters are played as intense caricatures by Woods.
Any young characters are played by actors far too old for the roles.
