Pageant of Newhaven
Pageant type
Notes
Information drawn from 'Survey of Historical Pageants' undertaken by Mick Wallis; with thanks to Margaret Sharp and the staff of the Edinburgh Central Library.
Performances
Place: Unknown (Edinburgh) (Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, Scotland)
Year: 1944
Indoors/outdoors: Unknown
Number of performances: n/a
Notes
1944
Name of pageant master and other named staff
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
- Smith, Janet M.
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
Centenary Fund for Leith Hospital
Linked occasion
Centenary of Victoria Primary School, Newhaven.
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
- Edinburgh Central Library holds a copy of the pageant programme.
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
This was a small-scale wartime pageant, staged sometime in 1944. It was held to coincide with the centenary of the Victoria Primary School. Its focus was the history of the port and fishing village of Newhaven.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘Pageant of Newhaven’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1562/