{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Mini: Court Masques and How They Shaped Shakespeare\u2019s Plays","description":"Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an independent podcast, Shakespeare Anyone? is supported by listeners like you. In this mini-episode, we explore the world of the Court Masque, a form of entertainment that flourished in the Tudor and Stuart courts. From its roots in medieval pageantry and music to its height as a vehicle for royal celebration and political display of wealth, the masque became a defining cultural event during Shakespeare's time.&amp;nbsp; While Shakespeare never wrote a Court Masque, we will explore how Ben Jonson\u2019s&amp;nbsp;Hymenaei may have influenced Shakespeare's choices for the masques that appear in&amp;nbsp;As You Like It and The Tempest.&amp;nbsp; For more on some of the topics we've previously covered that also mention the Court Masque, check out:  Mini: Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's Colleague and Competitor Twelfth Night: Plays for the Court  Stuff You Should Know Part 2: Elizabethan and Jacobean England &amp;amp; Theatre (Revised)  Mini: Traveling Theatre Companies  Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is &quot;Neverending Minute&quot; by Sounds Like Sander. Special thanks to Nat Yonce for editing this episode.&amp;nbsp; For updates: join our email list, follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com\/shakespeareanyone, buying us coffee, or by shopping our bookshelves at bookshop.org\/shop\/shakespeareanyonepod&amp;nbsp;(we earn a small commission when you use our link and shop bookshop.org). Find additional links mentioned in the episode in our Linktree. Works referenced: Butler, Martin. \u201cThe Court Masque | The Cambridge Works of Ben Jonson.\u201d The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, 2014, universitypublishingonline.org\/cambridge\/benjonson\/k\/essays\/court_msq_essay\/1\/.&amp;nbsp; \u201cHistory of the Masque Genre.\u201d Edited by Helen L Hull et al., Reformations of A Mask, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, 2000, archive.mith.umd.edu\/comus\/cegenre.htm#expand.&amp;nbsp; Shapiro, James. The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606. Simon &amp;amp; Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Shakespeare Anyone?","author_url":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareanyone.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37940040\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37940040"}