to supply "a spectacle of strangeness...."

The masque was probably the first to use a revolving stage, known as machina versatilis, which was lit by coloured lights said to have glittered like emeralds and rubies. Anne requested jewellery, including two collars set with precious stones and pearls from the Jewel House "for the Quene to weare at the Maske". Inigo Jones made drawings for the costumes, Atalanta, played by the Countess of Arundel, was dressed in crimson,