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Spectacle > Performing arts > Theater, genre > Masques, theater

Preferred term

Masques, theater  

Definition

  • Short allegorical performances popular as court entertainment, 16th-17th c., performed by masked actors and consisting of dumb show combined with music, dancing and poetry culminating in a dance participated in by the spectators [Web III]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • COURT MASKS
  • MASKS, PERFORMANCES
  • PLAYS, MASQUES

Notation

  • 115840

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WLL9GTZ4-8

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