Inigo Jones

I'm listening to Sir Roy Strong's The Story of Britain on the ipod. It is very well done; a masterpiece of concision. I'm at about 1650 and getting ready for Charles' head to roll. So far, Black has dedicated chapters to four non-royal men-- and in a book with this much material you need to be pretty important to warrant your own chapter. The men are: Chaucer, William Tyndale, Shakespeare, and Inigo Jones. I knew the name from books on London, but I was totally unfamilar with his work in stage design-- he invented movable scenery and the proscenium arch. Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry on Jones-- an excellent example of a really good but brief article with links to his most important designs.