The Gypsies Metamorphosed
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The masque was sponsored (and paid for) by [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]] – at that time the Marquis of Buckingham – the court favorite of King [[James I of England|James I]].Kristen McDermott, ''Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson'' (Manchester University Press, 2007), p. 53. Buckingham was celebrating his 6 May marriage to Lady [[Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham|Katherine Manners]], the daughter of the [[Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland|Earl of Rutland]], and the wedding of [[Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton|Spencer Compton]] and Mary Beaumont.[[Roger Lockyer]], ''Buckingham'' (London: Longman, 1981), pp. 63–64. The masque was performed around the seven year anniversary of Buckingham meeting King James.Kristen McDermott, ''Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson'' (Manchester University Press, 2007), p. 78 fn. 111. |
The masque was sponsored (and paid for) by [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]] – at that time the Marquis of Buckingham – the court favorite of King [[James I of England|James I]].Kristen McDermott, ''Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson'' (Manchester University Press, 2007), p. 53. Buckingham was celebrating his 6 May marriage to Lady [[Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham|Katherine Manners]], the daughter of the [[Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland|Earl of Rutland]], and the wedding of [[Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton|Spencer Compton]] and Mary Beaumont.[[Roger Lockyer]], ''Buckingham'' (London: Longman, 1981), pp. 63–64. The masque was performed around the seven year anniversary of Buckingham meeting King James.Kristen McDermott, ''Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson'' (Manchester University Press, 2007), p. 78 fn. 111. |
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The original 3 August 1621 performance occurred at [[Burley House]] in [[Rutland]], Buckingham's country house.Norman Egbert Mcclure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', 2 ( |
The original 3 August 1621 performance occurred at [[Burley House]] in [[Rutland]], Buckingham's country house.Norman Egbert Mcclure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', 2 (Philadelphia, 1939), pp. 401–404. It was repeated on 5 August, at [[Belvoir Castle]] in [[Lincolnshire]], the country seat of Buckingham's father-in-law the Earl of Rutland, with additional lines celebrating the anniversary of the rescue of King James at [[Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland)|Gowrie House]] in [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]]. It was staged a third time at [[Windsor Castle]] in September.Kristen McDermott, ''Masques of Difference: Four Court Masques by Ben Jonson'' (Manchester University Press, 2007), pp. 55, 196, 204. |
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==The show== |
==The show== |
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