ABSTRACT
On July 30, 1634, King Charles I attended a feast at which were served 'Whole sturgeons in seuerall dishes'. The occasion of the feast was the visit of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria to William Cavendish's Derbyshire seat of Bolsover Castle, and the document itself remains something of a mystery. This chapter explores the ways in which the Bolsover estate, the feast represented in the 'fowl list', and the masque are intricately connected facets of performance in Jonson and Cavendish's collaborative entertainment. Cavendish's Bolsover estate is a perfectly suited theatrical space within which Cavendish could "play" the various roles he wished to display to his friends, family, clients, and patrons. The king and queen are entertained with a "dance of mechanics" that includes a satirical figure of Inigo Jones and incorporates images of the real building work still in progress at the estate into the dance of the masque.
