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St Wilfrid’s Centenary Fair and Pageant
As Bishop Roger Wilson of Chichester noted in his foreword to the pageant programme, the past century had seen profound changes in the church’s place in society: ‘During these 100 years there have ... -
Chittlehampton Pilgrimage and Pageant
The Chittlehampton Pageant was a strange affair. It was organised by a number of groups from within the village, as well as from other parts of the county, who were brought together by the shared p... -
The Synod of Whitby, 664
This pageant was staged to commemorate the one thousandth anniversary of the Synod of Whitby. An important landmark in the history of Christianity in Britain, the Synod saw King Oswiu of Northumbri... -
The Church Marches On: A Grand Pageant
This pageant capitalised on Festival of Britain celebrations and was billed as a part of these within the town of Colne. However, given that another Festival-inspired, church-led pageant had been h... -
A Pageant of Scenes from Prescot History
This pageant was held in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of a Sunday School at St Mary's Anglican Church in the market town of Prescot. Like many church pageants of the inter... -
Winchester Pageant
The Winchester 1934 Pageant deviated from the structure of the overwhelming majority of pageants to focus instead on a single significant historical scene, told at great length and in sumptuous det... -
Pageant of Lewes Priory
The pageant was part of the 1972 Lewes Festival. It was also referred to as Son Et Lumiere and A Pageant of Light, Sound and Mime, relying heavily on a recorded commentary, musical and lighting eff... -
Oundle Road Baptist Church Peterborough Centenary Pageant
Nonconformist religious groups were notably active in the pageant movement. This is an example of a pageant held in association with a Baptist church in Peterborough. Other Baptist pageants were he... -
Fishers of Men
Historical pageants were popular with churches and religious organisations; this is an interwar example from Middlesbrough. The pageant seems to have held under the auspices of the Church of Englan... -
The Second Northumbrian Pageant
This was a follow-up event to the first Northumbrian pageant in 1923, a full entry for which can be found here. Like its predecessor, this pageant was held in the Theatre Royal under the auspices o... -
Historic Wakefield
This pageant was performed by the schools of the Diocese of Wakefield, in support of the bishop’s appeal for funds for the church schools. Each episode was performed by a different school, which su... -
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... -
Pageant Play at Portchester Castle
The foreword to the Book of Words, written by Neville Lovett, Bishop of Portsmouth, about a pageant play written by his daughter, neatly conveys the spirit in which the pageant was both written and... -
Pageant of Saint Laurence
Though historically themed, religious pageants often followed strikingly different approaches and dramatic methods to their secular counterparts, from the 1909 English Church Pageant through a rang... -
Pickering Rural Deanery Church Pageant
The Pickering Rural Deanery Church Pageant, also referred to as the ‘Pickering Missionary Pageant’, took place in 1930 at Pickering Castle, where an earlier pageant had been staged in 1910 (and ano... -
John Wesley and the Methodist Heritage 1979
Pageants remained quite popular with religious organizations and churches into the later twentieth century. This is an example of one such pageant. Organised by the Methodists of Luton, the pageant... -
Angle Street Baptist Chapel Jubilee Pageant
The strength of nonconformist religion In Lancashire is highlighted in this pageant, which was part of larger celebrations held in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Angle Street Baptist Chapel... -
A Christian Cavalcade
The churches in Liverpool made a number of contributions to the Festival of Britain, one of which was this pageant with a cast of 100, performed four times in the Central Hall, Renshaw Street. The ... -
Peter Mancroft Pageant
The Peter Mancroft Pageant was Norwich’s first foray into large-scale pageantry. In fact, pageant-master Nugent Monck had been invited by Rex Rynd, the precentor of Norwich Cathedral to direct a pr... -
A Church, A Town; Illuminated Pageant of Dartford and its Parish Church
The Pageant repeated one held three years earlier with a number of additional or edited scenes, such as one featuring the 1968 Flood. Dartford had previously held pageants in 1932 and 1951.