re: Watched Hook for the first time in a while yesterday

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doesn't change the fact it was always portrayed by a woman until robin williams. I know how concerned this board is with gender or race swapping.

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Primarily because regulations at the time would not allow children to be on stage, a young boy could not play the role of Peter Pan, and an adult male actor would not have been suited for the role. The play then followed the pantomime tradition of casting a young woman in the role of the principal boy, although the original Peter Pan play was never classified as a pantomime.

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