Masques.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Short allegorical dramatic compositions for enactment by masked performers, originally consisting of dancing and acting in dumb show but later including dialogue and song. Popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Source: ‘Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles’, prepared by William Little, H W Fowler, J Coulson; revised and edited by C T Onions (London, March 1933).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Album of verses and masques, chiefly by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1798-1803.
Item
Identifier: MS.12824
Dates:
1798-1803.
"Cupid's Cure", a masque by the 1st Earl of Minto, performed at the Juvenile Theatre, Roehampton, 13 April 1799., 1799.
Item
Identifier: MS.12828
Masques and longer poems, chiefly of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1798-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.12830
Scope and Contents
Includes duplicates of material in MSS.12824, 12828.
Dates:
1798-1809.