King for a night: my first royal masque
Would a rare invitation to a staging of a 17th-century court entertainment be rich with sea monsters and dancing witches?Theatregoers are rarely treated like royalty. Getting a seat with a decent view of the stage is generally the height of my ambition. A decently priced interval drink is usually out of the question. All of which made it particularly satisfying to be invited to witness a long-lost royal entertainment…