Master of the Revels
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The power of the Chamberlain and the Master of the Revels had been derided.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
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.
And with the passing of the Licensing Act terminated the existence of the Master of the Revels; the Act, indeed, made no mention of him, ignored him altogether.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
Nevertheless, Cibber had been active in organising a form of opposition to the authority of the Chamberlain and the Master of the Revels, which, although it seemed of a trifling kind, had yet its importance.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
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 W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
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