Masques

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Masques by Ben Jonson, Masques by William Davenant, Comus, The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses, The Triumph of Peace, The Shepherd's Paradise, The World Tossed at Tennis, Oberon, the Faery Prince, Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue, Luminalia, Summer's Last Will and Testament, Tempe Restored, The Crown of India, The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, Time Vindicated to Himself and to His Honours, The Gypsies Metamorphosed, The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, The Masque of Blackness, Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists, Hymenaei, The Masque of Augurs, The Masque of Queens, The King's Entertainment at Welbeck, Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, Salmacida Spolia, Arcades, Cupid and Death, Lord Hay's Masque, News from the New World Discovered in the Moon, Christmas, His Masque, Lovers Made Men, The Hue and Cry After Cupid, The Fortunate Isles and Their Union, The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn, The Golden Age Restored, The Vision of Delight, The History of Sir Francis Drake, The Masque of Beauty, Pan's Anniversary, Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers, Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion, The Sun's Darling, The Triumph of Beauty, Alfred, Chloridia, Love's Welcome at Bolsover, The Coronation Triumph, The Entertainment at Althorp, Love Restored, Anti-masque. Excerpt: The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). Masque involved music and dancing, singing and acting, within an elaborate stage design, in which the architectural framing and costumes might be designed by a renowned architect, to present a deferential allegory flattering to the patron. Professio...