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Battle of the Petticoats

Ladies and gentlemen, today, and only today, we present to you a fight of extraordinary forces. A clash of ladies the likes of which has never been seen before. For today not two, but four dames will step into the ring. In the red corner, from Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde, we have the ladies Rosalynde and Alinda. In the blue corner, coached by Shakespeare himself, As You Like It’s Rosalind and Celia. Who is the superior female character? Who is the true strong, independent woman who don’t need no man? Let the Battle of the Petticoats begin!

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