TIME AND PLACE
The Time is laid on a night shortly after the birth of Christ.
The Masque takes place in Four Regions, indicated by Two Stages, and Two Aisles, the Audience being located between the two stages.
Stage A represents the Place of Outcasts: a knoll, with path, in the Wilderness, before the Evergreen Tree.
Stage B (located opposite Stage A) represents the Place of Empire: the Gateway and Steps to the Palace of Herod.
Aisle I (located on the right of Stage B, as one faces Stage A) represents a Pathway from the land of Herod into the Wilderness.
Aisle II (located on the left of Stage B and parallel to Aisle I) represents another Pathway into the Wilderness.
SeeGround Plan opposite page 69.