Lostwithiel 800, 1189-1989
Other names
- A Pageant of History 1189-1989
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: Restormel Castle (Lostwithiel) (Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England)
Year: 1989
Indoors/outdoors: Outdoors
Number of performances: 2
Notes
19-20 August 1989
Name of pageant master and other named staff
- Director [Pageant Master]: Williams, Gareth
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
- Jones, Gwen Powell
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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
800th anniversary of the founding of Lostwithiel by the Normans.
Pageant outline
Key historical figures mentioned
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Musical production
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Book of words
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- Cornish Studies Library, Redruth
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Summary
This pageant was staged as part of the Lostwithiel 800 celebrations in 1989. The two performances were held outdoors in the grounds of the thirteenth-century Restormel Castle, a site particularly rich in historical associations (it was visited by the Black Prince on two occasions, and was fought over in 1644 during the English Civil War).
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘Lostwithiel 800, 1189-1989’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1554/