Renaissance Plays: Comus

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"Comus" by John Milton was first performed in 1634. It is a masque that was presented on Michaelmas for the first time.

The play is also known as "A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle" presented before John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's new post as Lord President of Wales.