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[[Peter Merrington]], ''State of the Union: The "New Pageantry" and the Performance of
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Identity in North America and South Africa, 1908-1910'', [[Journal of Literary Studies]] 15, nos. 1-2
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(1999): 238-63.
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[[Jan Juta]]. 1972. ''Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa''. New York: Charles Scribner‟s
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Sons: p.52.
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Revision as of 06:16, 30 April 2017

Masque of the Silver Trees is an outdoor pageant composed by Rene Juta in 1909.

A neo-classical quasi-Jacobean performance, it was inspired by the grand preparations in Cape Town for a national pageant intended to inaugurate the newly-forged Union of South Africa in 1910.


Sources

Peter Merrington, State of the Union: The "New Pageantry" and the Performance of Identity in North America and South Africa, 1908-1910, Journal of Literary Studies 15, nos. 1-2 (1999): 238-63.

Jan Juta. 1972. Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa. New York: Charles Scribner‟s Sons: p.52.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page