The Romance of King Arthur: A Pageant
Pageant type
Notes
Information drawn from 'Survey of Historical Pageants' undertaken by Mick Wallis; with thanks to Joanne Hillman of the Cornish Studies Library, Redruth.
Performances
Place: Tintagel Vicarage (Tintagel) (Tintagel, Cornwall, England)
Year: 1929
Indoors/outdoors: Outdoors
Number of performances: 1
Notes
15 August 1929
Name of pageant master and other named staff
- Producer [Pageant Master]: Morrell, Beatrice
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
- Morrell, Beatrice
Names of composers
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Numbers of performers
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Financial information
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Linked occasion
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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
Arthur (supp. fl. in or before 6th cent.) legendary warrior and supposed king of Britain [also known as Artorius ?, King]
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
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Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
Very little is known about this small Cornish pageant, which was evidently focused on the myth-history of King Arthur. The medieval ruins of Tintagel Castle have of course long been closely associated with Arthurian legend.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘The Romance of King Arthur: A Pageant’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1553/