Comus

Comus, masque by John Milton, presented on Sept. 29, 1634, before John Egerton, earl of Bridgewater, at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire, and published anonymously in 1637. Milton wrote the text in honour of the earl becoming lord president of Wales and the Marches at the suggestion of the composer Henry Lawes, who wrote the music for it and played a part in the first production. The earl’s three children took the leading roles, with the...