The Coleorton Masque
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The Coleorton Masque is an English country house entertainment performed on 2 February 1618, sometimes known as The Fairies' Farewell: The Masque at Coleorton.
Frances Seymour, later Duchess of Somerset
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Coleorton is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles east of Ashby de la Zouch. Nearby villages include Newbold, to the
The Coleorton Masque
…and meadows for petticoats). Puck introduces "black fairies", "the dancing spirits of the pits", a reference to new mining industries and coal at Coleorton. The masque is a contest between male and female values. Favonius, the West Wind, gives a speech praising masculine chivalric values and is surprised…
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