Inns of Court masques

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early modern English performance tradition masque theatrical entertainment

Inns of Court masques were elaborate early modern English courtly entertainments, combining drama, music, dance, and spectacle, staged by members of London’s legal societies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Inns of Court masques canonical 1
Of Masques and Triumphs 1
The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern English performance tradition ⓘ
masque ⓘ
theatrical entertainment ⓘ
associatedWith Gray's Inn ⓘ
Inner Temple ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Middle Temple ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
floruit early 17th century ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
genre allegorical drama ⓘ
courtly entertainment ⓘ
hasPart allegorical characters ⓘ
banqueting ⓘ
costume ⓘ
dance ⓘ
drama ⓘ
elaborate spectacle ⓘ
music ⓘ
processions ⓘ
scenic design ⓘ
influenced Stuart court masques ⓘ
influencedBy Italian court masques ⓘ
royal court masques ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableExample Inns of Court masques self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn

The Prince of Purpoole ⓘ
The Triumph of Peace ⓘ
performanceSpace halls of the Inns of Court ⓘ
royal palaces ⓘ
performedAt Inns of Court ⓘ
performedBy barristers ⓘ
law students ⓘ
members of the Inns of Court ⓘ
performedFor English court ⓘ
period Caroline era ⓘ
English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan era

Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era
relatedTo English Renaissance drama ⓘ
surface form: English Renaissance theatre

English court masque ⓘ
socialFunction display of learning ⓘ
elite sociability ⓘ
patronage display ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ
typicalAudience legal elite ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
nobility ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Triumph of Peace → associatedWith → Inns of Court masques ⓘ
Essays → hasPart → Inns of Court masques ⓘ
this entity surface form: Of Masques and Triumphs
Inns of Court masques → notableExample → Inns of Court masques self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn