![]() The late Robert Ross much wanted to include it in an edition of Wilde?s works, of which it now forms a part, but he could not obtain its owner?s consent. Woodhouse-Pearse, refused to permit the masque to be printed. Chan Toon, who after her husband?s death became Mrs. Ernest Cosgrove of Lancaster Gate, a friend of Sir William and Lady Wilde, and herself brought up with Oscar and his brother Willie. ![]() Chan Toon, a Burmese gentleman, nephew of the King of Burma and a barrister of the Middle Temple, was Miss Mabel Cosgrove, the daughter of Mr. Chan Toon, and was sent to her with the letter that follows and explains its origin. It was written, not for publication, but as a personal gift to the author?s friend and friend of his family, Mrs. The very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier.
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