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The Masque of Blackness

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  • Jonson, Ben
    In Ben Jonson: His masques at court

    …in 1603, and in 1605 The Masque of Blackness was presented at court. The “masque” was a quasi-dramatic entertainment, primarily providing a pretense for a group of strangers to dance and sing before an audience of guests and attendants in a royal court or nobleman’s house. This elementary pattern was…

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