The Pageant of Margam Abbey
Pageant type
Notes
Information drawn from 'Survey of Historical Pageants' undertaken by Mick Wallis; with thanks to J.V. Hughes of Neath Port Talbot Libraries.
Performances
Place: Margam Castle grounds (Port Talbot) (Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Wales)
Year: 1936
Indoors/outdoors: Outdoors
Number of performances: n/a
Notes
July 1936
It is not known how many times the pageant was performed.
Name of pageant master and other named staff
- Pageant Master: Burton, P.H.
- Producer: P.H. Burton
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
- Burton, P.H.
Names of composers
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Numbers of performers
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Financial information
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Object of any funds raised
Margam and Kenfig Nursing Association.
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
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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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Other primary published materials
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References in secondary literature
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- Neath Port Talbot Libraries: copy of souvenir programme.
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
Margam (now a suburb of Port Talbot) has a long history. Among other things, the place was the site of an important Cistercian settlement (Margam Abbey), the story of which was re-enacted in this pageant, held in July 1936. There seems to have been an earlier historical pageant at Margam in 1933 or 1934 but no programme or further details have yet been recovered.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘The Pageant of Margam Abbey’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1599/