A Failed Victory Pageant? Blame the NHS!
Planning and producing a successful pageant, especially at the height of the movement in the first half of the century - when size definitely mattered - was a major undertaking. Committees were formed, financing raised, scripts written, and enthusiastic performers enlisted. Once one or several of those steps had been taken it was usually all-hands-on-deck and full steam ahead until opening night. Pageants, then, that were planned but eventually cancelled are quite rare. One large proposed pageant ...