School Children's Pageant of History
Pageant type
Notes
Information drawn from 'Survey of Historical Pageants' undertaken by Mick Wallis; with thanks to Mr M. Hepworth of Barnsley Libraries.
Performances
Place: Oakwell (Barnsley Football Ground) (Barnsley) (Barnsley, Yorkshire, West Riding, England)
Year: 1935
Indoors/outdoors: Outdoors
Number of performances: 1
Notes
11 May 1935
Name of pageant master and other named staff
Pageant Master: Magnay, H.S.
Notes
The pageant programme was prepared by H.S. Magnay, Director of Education for the County Borough of Barnsley; he was likely the pageant master.
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
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Numbers of performers
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Financial information
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Object of any funds raised
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Linked occasion
1935 Jubilee of George V.
Audience information
Prices of admission and seats: highest–lowest
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Associated events
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Pageant outline
Key historical figures mentioned
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Musical production
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Newspaper coverage of pageant
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Book of words
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- Barnsley Libraries, Archives and Local Studies Department holds descriptive programmes and other material relating to the pageant.
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
Staged in association with the Royal Jubilee celebrations of 1935, this pageant was performed largely by local schoolchildren.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘School Children's Pageant of History’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1540/