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Masquerades in London [ Dance, Music & Songs / Social interaction ]
… Ryba defines the masquerade as ‘a rather extensive sphere of human gestures and behaviours, aiming at changing one’s appearance or identity, pretending and misleading others by means of false 'creations''. 7 Before offering this …
Assemblies | Masquerade
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Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… ‘Ellis’ is continually ostracized as a penniless upstart of seemingly low social status. Even a highly successful appearance as Lady Townly in a private theatrical performance of Colley Cibber’s The Provok’d Husband is turned to her …
Fiction | Masquerade | Memoirs | Theatre | Women
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