Master of the Revels
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Ever awake and shining, my masters! and here am I, your twin lustre, always ready to herald and anoint your pleasures, like a true Master of the Revels.
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
That it is not the duty of the Master of the Revels to teach the Masters of the Bench how to execute with spirit a Morisco.
He should have been content to be, as Emerson thought Shakespeare was, a Master of the Revels to mankind.
From The Cutting of an Agate by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
Master of the Revels to his Majesty; and in particular, to suppress one Mr. Irish, Mr. Thomas Varney, and Thomas Yeats, mountebank, who have no license, that they may be proceeded against according to law.”
From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas
Mr. Brande was further of opinion that the Master of the Revels should have been called to account for permitting such performances.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
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