A principal boy role is the young male protagonist of a play, traditionally filled in theatre by a young actress in boy's clothes. The earliest example is Miss Ellington who in 1852 appeared in The Good Woman in the Wood by James Planché to the consternation of a reviewer.
A principal boy role is the young male protagonist of a play, traditionally filled in theatre by a young actress in boy's clothes. The earliest example is Miss Ellington who in 1852 appeared in The Good Woman in the Wood by James Planché to the consternation of a reviewer.
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