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St. Albans Pageant, 1907: Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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The Selkirk Pageant
This pageant was described as being for the townsfolk of Selkirk, 'a gesture of articulation' about 'the spirit and achievement of their ancestors'.36 In common with other Border pageants, the Selk...
The Pageant of Empire
The Pageant of Empire took place over the course of a wet six weeks in July and August 1924 in the huge newly-constructed concrete Wembley Stadium. It was just one attraction of the monumental Brit...

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Author%3Amilne%2C J. Crawford
Pageant Master%3Awalker%2C Tom
Historical Figure%3Adouglas%2C Sir James %5Bcalled The Black Douglas%5D
Pageant Type%3Atown
Historical Figure%3Asandwich%2C Sir Ralph
Historical Figure%3Aedward Ii %5Bedward Of Caernarfon%5D
Author%3Athornton%2C F.W.A.
Pageant Type%3Ainstitutional
Historical Figure%3Abernard
Historical Figure: Park, Mungo

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 Place

Names of locations of pageants; doesn't include specific locales such as town square

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1 Wembley, Middlesex, England
1 Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland

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Type of social collective or organization a pageant was intended to celebrate

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1 town
1 london
1 empire

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 Pageant Master

Person/s with primary responsibility for execution of the pageant

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1 Lascelles, Frank
1 Jeffrey, Dorothea Mary

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 Author

Names of script-writers and other credited authors

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1 Wrey, Sir Bourchier
1 Wade, F.C.
1 Stuart, J.
1 Struben, A.
1 Selkirk, J.B.
1 Ross, E. Denison
1 Quiller-Couch, Arthur
1 Oman, Charles
1 Ogilvie William H.
1 Luffman, Captain
1 Kirwan, Patrick
1 Kennedy, Donald
1 Hammersley-Heenan, Mr
1 Foster, William
1 Darbyshire, T.
1 Boyd, J. H.
1 Blankenberg, Lady

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 Composer

Includes names of composers at time of pageants, original composers, and those who did arrangements

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1 Woodforde-Finden, Amy
1 Williams, Ralph Vaughan
1 Terry, Richard
1 Sullivan, Arthur
1 Smart, Henry
1 Shankar, Uday
1 Rosse, Frederick
1 Ring, Montague
1 Pointer, John
1 Phillips, Montague
1 Mackenzie, Alexander
1 MacCunn, Hamish
1 Lemare, E.H.
1 Lehmann, Liza
1 Landon, Ronald
1 James, W.G.
1 Hill, Alfred
1 Hayes, Philip
1 Handel, George Frideric
1 Grainger, Percy
1 German, Edward
1 Gatty, Nicholas
1 Fletcher, Percy
1 Finck, Herman
1 Elvey, George Job
1 Elgar, Edward
1 Davis, J.D.
1 Davies, Walford
1 Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
1 Coates, Eric
1 Clutsam, George
1 Byrd, William
1 Bunning, Herbert
1 Bath, Hubert
1 Barcroft, E.D.
1 Bantock, Granville

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 Historical Figure

Includes any figure with listing in ODNB, important foreigners (eg. Julius Caesar), mythological and fictional characters

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2 Park, Mungo
1 Wykeham, William
1 Wolsey, Thomas
1 Wodelarke, Robert
1 Wilson, Allan
1 White, Sir Thomas
1 Waynflete [Wainfleet, Patten], William
1 Wallace, Sir William
1 Wakefield, William Hayward
1 Sutton, Sir Richard
1 Stanley, Sir Henry Morton
1 St Pol, Mary de, countess of Pembroke
1 Speke, John Hanning
1 Smythe [Smith], Sir Thomas
1 Smith [Smyth], William
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Shaka
1 Scott, Sir Walter
1 Scott, Robert Falcon [known as Scott of the Antarctic]
1 Scoresby, William, junior
1 Roe, Sir Thomas
1 Rodney, George Bridges, first Baron Rodney
1 Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart]
1 Rhodes, Cecil John
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Raffles, Sir
1 Radcliffe [née Sidney], Frances, countess of Sussex
1 Pope, Sir Thomas
1 Newland [Nailheart], John
1 Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1 Morgan, Sir Henry
1 Mildmay, Sir Walter
1 Merton, Walter of
1 Margaret [Margaret of Anjou]
1 Marconi, Guglielmo
1 Livingstone, David
1 Lawson, George
1 Lancaster, Sir James
1 Johnson, Samuel
1 Jervis, John, earl of St Vincent
1 James IV
1 James II
1 Jahangir
1 Hudson, Henry
1 Howe, Richard, Earl Howe
1 Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood
1 Hogg, James
1 Henry VIII
1 Henry VII
1 Henry VI
1 Hawke, Edward, first Baron Hawke
1 Guy, John
1 Grenville, Sir Richard
1 Grant, James Augustus
1 Graham, James, first marquess of Montrose
1 Gonville [Gonvile], Edmund
1 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
1 George III
1 Fynn, Henry Francis
1 Franklin, Sir John
1 Flemming [Fleming], Richard
1 Elphinstone, Arthur, sixth Lord Balmerino and fifth Lord Coupar
1 Elizabeth [Elizabeth of York]
1 Elizabeth I
1 Eglesfield [Egilsfeld], Robert [Robert de Eglesfeld]
1 Edward IV
1 Durham, William of
1 Drake, Sir Francis
1 Donkin, Sir Rufane Shaw
1 David I
1 Dampier, William
1 Cromwell, Oliver
1 Cook, James
1 Clare, Elizabeth de [Elizabeth de Burgh; known as lady of Clare]
1 Chichele, Henry
1 Caxton, William
1 Cavendish, Thomas
1 Cameron, Sir Duncan Alexander
1 Caius [Kay, Key], Thomas
1 Cabot, Sebastian
1 Cabot, John [Zuan Caboto]
1 Brome, Adam
1 Blake, Robert
1 Blackadder, John
1 Bingham [Byngham], William
1 Beaufort, Margaret [known as Lady Margaret Beaufort], countess of Richmond and Derby
1 Bateman [Norwich], William
1 Balsham, Hugh of
1 Balliol, Dervorguilla de, lady of Galloway
1 Balliol [Baliol], John de
1 Baffin, William
1 Anson, George, Baron Anson
1 Alcock, John

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