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masque

[mask, mahsk] / mæsk, mɑsk /


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The actual transformation occurs in Jonson’s subsequent masque.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

I also got a hydrating, collagen-boosting facial, an herbal hair steam and a conditioning hair masque.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2024

The spirit trumpet is one of a number of arcane and intriguing objects in Linder’s exhibition, which is titled The House of Fame, in tribute to a Ben Jonson masque and Chaucer’s dream poem.

From The Guardian Mar. 22, 2018

No production, including this one, manages completely to resolve the stylistic tensions built into “Candide,” which hovers between opera and musical theater, and strives to be satirical masque and cautionary tale.

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2017

Years ago, her grandfather had taken her to see a masque in Bridgetown, in which a troupe of players from England had acted out the ancient Christmas story.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

Its Baroque references connect medieval France to the glittery splendor of 17th-century allegorical court masques.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

The sort of masques that influenced “The Tempest” were designed to show royal authority bringing order out of chaos.

From The New Yorker Dec. 2, 2016

This was a 21st-century equivalent of those court masques loved and indulged in by Tudor monarchs.

From The Guardian Dec. 5, 2012

“As You Like It” and “The Tempest” contain festive masques with dancing.

From Washington Post

Eight platforms had been constructed in different parts of the town on which were to be enacted masques and allegories.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne




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