Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1474-0672|3|3|157-176
ISSN： 0307-8833
Source： Theatre Research International, Vol.3, Iss.3, 1978-05, pp. : 157-176
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Abstract
At Florence, housed in the Archivio di Stato in the noble rooms of Vasari's Uffizi, there lies a great collection of letters sent back to Tuscany from the many parts of Europe where representatives of the Medicean court were posted. Among them are files of dispatches written from London during the seventeenth century, and buried within these is a mine of information about the court theatre of the time. Masques, tilts and plays were occasions of some significance for the diplomatic community, for they were external signs of the power of the Stuart realm, and the Florentine agents who took up their residence in London during the course of the century were careful to note when such events took place, how well they came off and who was invited to them.
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