Masques Sentence Examples

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  • He was also responsible for the creation of the elaborate court masques of the Jacobean period.

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  • Of a rhyming family of Hjarne, it is enough to mention one member, Urban Hjarne (1641-1724), who introduced the new form of classical tragedy from France, in a species of transition from the masques of Stjernhjelm to the later regular rhymed dramas.

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  • Inigo went on to develop from designing masques to architecture.

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  • In later years even great architect Inigo Jones was employed to produce lavish sets accompanied by various mechanical devices for the Jacobean masques.

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  • History of pantomime It is generally acknowledged that British pantomime is modeled on the early masques of the Elizabethan and Stuart times.

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  • Oftener, however, they were mere masques worn at funerals by men who personated the ancestors and wore their robes of office.

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  • Elizabethan masques were also performed outdoors during the summer months.

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