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Masques
Jones worked as a producer and architect for masques from 1605 to 1640, but his most known work in this field came from his collaboration with poet and playwright Ben Jonson. Having worked together for fifteen years, the two debated and had disagreements about their line of work and about what was most integral in a masque. Yet, the two worked hand-in-hand to create masques and plays for the English court, including Masque of Blackness. While Jonson argued that the most important aspect of a masque was the written word that the audience heard, Jones argued that the visual spectacle was the most important aspect, and that what the audience saw was more important. Jones also felt that the architect had just as much creative freedom and right as the writer or poet of the masque. In defense of this Jones stated that masques were "nothing but pictures with light and motion," making little to note of the words spoken.

Jones' work on masques with Jonson is credited to be one of the first instances of scenery introduced in theater. In his masques, curtains were used and placed in between the stage and the audience, and that they were to be opened to introduce a scene. Jones was also known for utilizing the stage and theater space in its entirety, putting his actors throughout different parts of the theater, such as placing them below the stage, or elevating them onto a higher platform. Jones settings on the stage also incorporated different uses of light, experimenting with colored glasses, screens and oiled paper to create a softer source of light on the stage.

Jones is also known for introducing to English audiences moving scenery through what is called 'machina versatilis', helping to create motion among a stable scene without any noticeable stagehands and of creating a representation of the ethereal.

These elements of stage design and of theater production would later have influence beyond the English court, as those working in the public stage would take up these ideas and apply them to the early modern stage and for its larger audience.