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b"With a cast of over 800, and a budget equivalent to \\xa33 million, James Shirley\\u2019s extravagant masque \\u2018The Triumph of Peace\\u2019 was performed on 3rd February, 1634. Unusually, it was such a popular show that, despite the enormous cost of staging it, King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria requested that it be repeated.\\nThough replete with all the arse-kissing allegorical tableaux that typified these celebrations of the monarchy - and requisite set designs by Inigo Jones - this spectacular was also markedly different from its predecessors in that it was especially designed to appease Henrietta, who had been slurred by polemicist William Prynne.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly come to terms with the \\u201817th century immersive theatre\\u2019 experience; explain why legendary playwright Ben Jonson WASN\\u2019T involved in this one; and reveal how a masque was once responsible for the destruction of Shakespeare\\u2019s Globe\\u2026\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Masque and music at the Stuart court\\u2019 (Royal Museums Greenwich): https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/masque-music-stuart-court\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Inigo Jones designs for masque costumes\\u2019 (The British Library): https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/inigo-jones-designs-for-masque-costumes\\n\\u2022\\xa0 \\u2018The History of the British Masque\\u2019 (Heidi Kobara, 2013):\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22UED2yJ_Q\\n#1600s #Theatre #Royals\\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\xa0Thanks!\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"