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Stuart court, entertainment and masques
Category: Arts
Duration: 01:01:52
Publish Date: 2022-02-24 14:00:35
Description: The Stuart period is marked by decadence and debauchery. Experience the Stuart court in all its nuanced splendour in this series complied from our archive.

In this talk historian Dr Anne Daye explores an elaborate form of entertainment at the Stuart court - the Masque. Combining dance, theatre and a fancy dress ball, masques were staged regularly at the Banqueting House in Whitehall.

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