The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music studies the
complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and
special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the
Renaissance. Drawing on a massive amount of documentary evidence
relating to English productions as well as spectacle in France,
Italy, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire, the book elucidates
professional ballet, theatre management, and dramatic performance
at the early Stuart court. Individual studies take a fresh look at
works by Ben Jonson, Samuel Daniel, Thomas Carew, John Milton,
William Davenant, and others, showing how court poets collaborated
with tailors, designers, technicians, choreographers, and
aristocratic as well as professional performers to create a
dazzling event. Based on extensive archival research on the
households of Queen Anne and Queen Henrietta Maria, special
chapters highlight the artistic and financial control of Stuart
queens over their masques and pastorals. Many plates and figures
from German, Austrian, French, and English archives illustrate
accessibly-written introductions to costume conventions, early
dance styles, male and female performers, the dramatic symbolism of
colors, and stage design in performance. With splendid costumes and
choreographies, masques once appealed to the five senses. A tribute
to their colorful brilliance, this book seeks to recover a lost
dimension of performance culture in early modern England.
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