1st Edition

Thomas Heywood's Pageants

By Thomas Heywood, David M. Bergeron Copyright 1986
    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1986: This book is about the shows which were put on during the inauguration of new Mayors of London. Such pageants were processions through the city of London with tableaux vivants; some of the shows also included dramatic entertainment on the Thames.

    Londons Jus Honorarium (1631).  Londini Artium and Scientiarum Scaturigo (1632).  Londini Emporia, or Mercatura (1633)  Londini Sinus Salutus (1635).  Londini Speculum: or, Londons Mirror (1637).  Porta Pietis, or, The Port or Harbour of Piety (1638).  Londini Status Pacatus: or, Londons Peaceable Estate (1639).  A speech spoken before the right Honourable the Earle.  of Dover... as a preparation to a Maske (1637.