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The Gypsies Metamorphosed, alternatively titled The Metamorphosed Gypsies, The Gypsies' Metamorphosis, or The Masque of Gypsies, was a Jacobean era masque written by Ben Jonson, with music composed by Nicholas Lanier. It was first performed on 3 August 1621, and was the biggest popular hit of Jonson's masquing career.[1]

  1. ^ John Nichols, Progresses of James the First, vol. 4 (London, 1828), pp. 672-709

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The Gypsies Metamorphosed, alternatively titled The Metamorphosed Gypsies, The Gypsies' Metamorphosis, or The Masque of Gypsies, was a Jacobean era masque...

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shines. The same idea is returned to in Jonson's later masque, "The Gypsies Metamorphosed" (1621), which also involves change of skin colour from tawny...

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205. For later exceptions to the rule, see The Gypsies Metamorphosed and The Shepherd's Paradise. Martin Butler, The Stuart Court Masque and Political...

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devised special theatrical makeup for Ben Jonson's masque, The Gypsies Metamorphosed to darken the actors' faces. On 20 August 1624 Rumler and Dr James Chalmers...

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sponsored Jonson's masque The Gypsies Metamorphosed (1621); he had also danced in Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue (1618). The Vision of Delight has been...

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Nicholas Okes

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Rowley's play A Shoemaker a Gentleman (1638) and Jonson's masque The Gypsies Metamorphosed (1640). (Like his father, printer/publisher John Okes needed a...

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manuscript commonplace book. It is the largest collection of English songs from the first half to the middle of the 17th century, and is an important source...

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modern poetic translation of twenty four passages from Metamorphoses (2000) Ovid Metamorphosed edited by Phil Terry, a short story collection retelling...

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sisters. He has reportedly claimed to be the nephew of Bartley Gorman, considered "King of the Gypsies". At the age of 7, he moved with his family back...

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