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Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The pageant was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.

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-''[[The Pageant of Union]]'' (also known as ''[[The Pageant of South Africa]]'') was a celebratory event held in Cape Town in May of 1910 to celebrate the inauguration of the new state, was composed of a sequence of historical episodes. Scenes of "landfall" and "first encounter" are repeated throughout the pageant's progress: first the Portuguese, then the Dutch, then the 1820 English settlers. Scenes of covenant and friendship and their converse, sworn
+''[[The Pageant of Union]]'' (also known as ''[[The Pageant of South Africa]]'') was a public [[theatrical event]] held in Cape Town in October of 1910 to celebrate the inauguration of the new state.
-enmity, are repeated as are images of the bringing of Christianity and civilization, and of newness, dawning, light within the darkness. And overall the figure of the Queen – Britannia, Elizabeth, Victoria – dominates the passage of her heroes on the stage.
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−	Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.
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−	A souvenir booklet called ''[[Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa]]'' was published in the same year.

	See the full discussion on the ''Collect Southern Africa'' website (http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm)		See the full discussion on the ''Collect Southern Africa'' website (http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm)

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 == Sources ==
 ''Collect Southern Africa'' website [http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm]
 [[Loren Kruger]]. 2020. ''A Century of South African Theatre''. Methuen Drama.

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		+	''[[The Pageant of Union]]'' (also known as ''[[The Pageant of South Africa]]'') was a celebratory event held in Cape Town in May of 1910 to celebrate the inauguration of the new state, was composed of a sequence of historical episodes. Scenes of "landfall" and "first encounter" are repeated throughout the pageant's progress: first the Portuguese, then the Dutch, then the 1820 English settlers. Scenes of covenant and friendship and their converse, sworn
		+	enmity, are repeated as are images of the bringing of Christianity and civilization, and of newness, dawning, light within the darkness. And overall the figure of the Queen – Britannia, Elizabeth, Victoria – dominates the passage of her heroes on the stage.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	''Collect Southern Africa'' website [http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm]
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		+	[[Loren Kruger]]. 2020. ''A Century of South African Theatre''. Methuen Drama.
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		+	Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
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		+	Return to [[ESAT Festivals P\|P]] in Plays IV Festivals and Pageants
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		+	Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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		+	Return to [[Main Page]]
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	Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.		Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.

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	A souvenir booklet called ''[[Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa]]'' was published in the same year.		A souvenir booklet called ''[[Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa]]'' was published in the same year.

−	See	+	See the full discussion on the ''Collect Southern Africa'' website (http://www.southafricacollector.com/11_Collect_Southern_Africa/03_1910_Cape_Town_Pageant.htm)
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	Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.		Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.

−	A souvenir booklet called was published.	+	A souvenir booklet called ''[[Historical Sketch and Description of the Pageant Held at Cape Town on the Occasion of the Opening of the First Parliament of the Union of South Africa]]'' was published in the same year.
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		+	See

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−	Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The pageant was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.	+	Extravaganza held on the Cape Foreshore to celebrate the Union of South Africa in 1910. The [[pageant]] was directed by [[Frank Lascelles]], the British master of spectacles, and featured amateur-players from Cape Town as well as from other towns. (The pageant apparently took place in October of that year) It comprised a series of scenes from South African colonial history, culminating in the moment of Union.
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		+	A souvenir booklet called was published.