It's a bird!  It's a plane! It's a..................No, wait... is that a male or female Desdemona?!?!???In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole of gender in Shakespeare plays. Join us as we discuss some of the greatest cross-dressing "actoresses" of the Bard, as well as what the text of Shakespeare reveals about the differences between guys and gals (and we're not talking anatomy here folks - well, okay, but just a little).To support (and give us money) on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=trueTo visit our website go here:https://www.thebardcastyoudick.comTo donate to an awesome charity, go here:https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-reliefLike us? Leave us a five-star rating AND a review wherever you get your podcasts!!Episode Sources:Lucas Garcia, Gender on Shakespeare’s Stage: A Brief History, writerstheatre.orgshakespeare-online.com /sonnets/20detailMcManus, Clare: Shakespeare and gender: the ‘woman’s part’ - The British LibrarySobhan Hota, Hitachi Vantara:  Gender in Shakespeare: Automatic Stylistic Analysis of Shakespeare'sBorrow, Justin:  Shakespeare, Sexuality and Gender, thetheatrereader.comShapiro, James: Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell US About Our Past and Future Luckyj, Christina: ‘A Moving Rhetoricke’: Gender and Silence in Early Modern England