Pageants 9
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Light Over England Historical Pageant
The vast majority of pageants included scenes highlighting the importance of the Christian religion to a place or people, and also to the development of the English nation. Yet, for all that religi... -
Kingston Church Pageant
The author of the Kingston Pageant, W.E. St Lawrence Finny, went even further than the great Pageant Master, Louis Napoleon Parker, who famously avoided the Civil War so as not to offend political ... -
The Historical Pageant of Faith and Freedom
Hugh Parry, a Welsh Congregationalist minister, wrote a number of historical pageants which told the story of the emergence and growth of forms of Nonconformist Protestantism in Britain. These incl... -
Rotherhithe Church Pageant
The Rotherhithe Church Pageant, held at St. Mary’s, Rotherhithe, was a highly anticipated event, not only in the community—where ‘humble workers’ in the district made their own costumes under the s... -
Purple and Russet: An Historical Pageant-Play
Hugh Parry, a Welsh Congregationalist minister, wrote a number of historical pageants over many years. These told the story of the emergence and growth of forms of Protestant Dissent. They included... -
Pageant of Wealdstone
This is an excellent example of a London suburban pageant from the 1950s, highlighting the anxieties of a community being swallowed up by the urban sprawl of the capital, thereby losing much of its... -
Croydon Old Palace Pageant
Croydon had a history of pageants, including Louis Napoleon Parker’s unsuccessful attempt to stage a Pageant of Croydon in 1923 and The Croydon Parish Church Pageant of 1930, ‘The Church Witness’, ... -
Rahere: An Historical Pageant-play
This was a small, indoor church pageant. -
English Church Pageant
Originally proposed by the Rev. Walter Marshall of St. Patrick’s Church, Hove, the English Church Pageant was at first going to take place in Brighton. When, during planning, the event grew conside...