The Life of Ben Jonson part Four: The Playhouse, the Court, and ‘The Masque of Blackness’

Episode 146:

The banning of printed satire.

‘Every Man Out of His Humour’ is produced by The Lord Chamberlin’s Men.

‘Cynthia’s Revels’ is performed at court but is not well received.

‘Poetester’ is performed at the Blackfriars and sparks ‘the war of the poets’ with Dekker and Marston.

‘Sejanus: His Fall’ fails to impress.

Jonson cultivates friendships with nobility close to the Stuart dynasty.

The death of Elizabeth.

Entertainments for the arrival of Queen Anne in England.

Jonson’s contribution to the official entry of King James into London.

Jonson is ejected from court on Twelfth Night 1604.

The Court Masque.

‘The Masque of Blackness’.

‘Eastward Ho’ causes Jonson another spell in prison.

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