Topic Description: Theater and Festival

"THEATER AND FESTIVAL" includes: sacred and secular public ceremonies; "entrate" and the reception of state visitors; permanent and temporary festive structures; state banquets (see also "FOOD AND WINE"); public and private theatrical entertainments; dances, masques and opera; tournaments and staged hunts; carnival and popular entertainments; funerals and mourning; public executions.

References to MUSIC that imply a public or theatrical component are indexed both here and under "MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS".

References to FIREWORKS (a branch of ballistic science) are cross-indexed under "FORTIFICATIONS".

References to printed and manuscript plays and "festival books" are cross-indexed under "BOOKS AND PRINTING".

References to elaborately staged hunts are cross-indexed under "GAMES, TOYS AND SPORTS".

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