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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Music Examples -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 The 4th Earl of Gainsborough -- Subscriptions to Books and Music -- Notes -- 2 Evidence from the Archives -- Books -- Music -- Instruments -- Purchase of Music -- Binding -- Paper and Copying -- Performance -- Theatre -- Stages and Scenery -- Repertory -- Productions -- Notes -- 3 Gainsborough's Legacy -- Notes -- Appendix I: Subscriptions and Dedications -- Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough -- Books -- Music -- Dorothy Noel (née Manners), Dowager Countess of Gainsborough -- Elizabeth Noel (née Chapman), Countess of Gainsborough -- Notes -- Appendix II: Documents on Music, Books and Theatre -- Documents and Commentaries -- Index to the Documents -- Books -- Positive Identifications (short titles) -- Uncertain Identifications -- Unidentified Items -- Music -- Compositions (short titles) -- Instruments (including strings, bows, etc.) -- Plays -- Theatre -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book establishes the cultural background to the productions of Milton's Comus that were staged in the 1740s by Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, at Exton Hall, his country seat in the East Midlands of England.