Description

The Early Stuart Masque studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance.

CONTENTS

Part One: Dance
1 Methodology
2 English and Continental Sources
3 Theatre Dances
4 Discipline or Pleasure?
Part Two: Costume
5 Masque Costumes
6 Colours and Lights: The Costume in Motion
7 Costume Conventions for Male and Female Masquers
Part Three: Case Studies
8 Two Jonsonian Court Masques
9 Historical Costume, Historical Dancing: Coelum Britannicum
10 Global Spectacle: An English Masque in Constantinople