"How does putting Beatrice in pants portray her?" - Does the audience see Beatrice as an equal to Benedick now that she is not hindered by yards of fabric, corsets, or hoop skirts? I believe she does begin to enter a level playing field when matching wits at least. I'll admit that setting the play in 1860 or so does lend to some rather humorous hijinx with a hoop skirt, but comedy aside, what does the silhouette lead the audience to think? "If Beatrice is placed in a more manly silhouette in an era when women wore predominantly dresses, what does that say about her?" - I'm thinking Jo in Little Women or Sybil in Downton Abbey. Wearing pants in different eras meant different outcomes and reactions from society. How would these social stigmas from eras past translate to a modern audience?
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