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Bruce Sex-Centenary Pageant: Masque of Edinburgh
When plans were discussed by Edinburgh's city council for celebration of the six-hundredth anniversary of the granting of Edinburgh's royal charter, there was every intention to make sure that a la... -
A Pageant of Scotland
The star of the Pageant of Scotland held in 1952 was not a figure from the past; rather, it was its main guest, a woman who must have known that she would one day gain a place in history. As World ... -
The Pageant of St Margaret's Convent
This pageant was a small, institutional affair organised to celebrate the centenary of St Margaret's Convent School in Edinburgh; it received no publicity in the Scottish press. Nonetheless, the co... -
Glasgow University Pageant
The obvious inspiration for this fundraising pageant was a similar event that had been held in Edinburgh earlier the same year and which had raised money very successfully for the Children’s League... -
Pageant of Angus History
Pageants, though they outwardly celebrated the importance of the past, nevertheless did sometimes take place because of an underlying worry that memories and knowledge of history and traditions wer...