'''Masques''' were a form of dramatic entertainment, of [[Italy|Italian]] origin that found their most spectacular form in court and manor in [[England]] from the late 16th century to the middle of the 17th, when most public entertainments were banned by the [[Puritan]] Commonwealth. | '''Masques''' were a form of dramatic entertainment, of [[Italy|Italian]] origin that found their most spectacular form in court and manor in [[England]] from the late 16th century to the middle of the 17th, when most public entertainments were banned by the [[Puritan]] Commonwealth. |