concept
Masquerade Ball
masquerade
also: маскарад
A costumed public entertainment, often held at pleasure gardens or variety venues, associated in the period with late-night drinking and loose morals; a stock late-evening destination in accounts of dissipated city life.
Reading notes
- The Playwright §15 в маскарад к Ррродону
Public masquerade balls, held at pleasure gardens and variety venues, were a fixture of the era's nightlife and carried a reputation for drinking and casual liaisons continuing long after the theaters closed -- the natural next stop for a man who has already spent the evening being plied with drinks between acts.