The Second Northumbrian Pageant
Pageant type
Notes
Information drawn from 'Survey of Historical Pageants' undertaken by Mick Wallis; with thanks to Patricia Sheldon of the City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Performances
Place: Theatre Royal (Newcastle upon Tyne) (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England)
Year: 1925
Indoors/outdoors: Indoors
Number of performances: 6
Notes
8—13 June 1925
Name of pageant master and other named staff
Notes
It seems likely that those involved with the earlier Northumbrian pageant in 1923 were also involved in this event.
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
Hamilton Thompson, A.
Notes
This was probably Amy Hamilton Thompson, who had been a leading figure in the earlier pageant in 1923. On that occasion, others were also involved in writing the pageant script; it seems likely that this pageant followed a similar pattern.
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
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Linked occasion
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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
- Thompson, A.H. (ed.) The Book of the Second Northumbrian Pageant. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1925.
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- The City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne holds a copy of the book of words (L781.6).
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
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 of the Church of England. It seems also to have taken very largely the same form, the pageant narrative once again culminating in the late eighteenth century.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘The Second Northumbrian Pageant’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1600/