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+ | ''[[The Masque of the Silver Trees]]'' is an outdoor pageant composed by [[Rene Juta]] in 1909. | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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+ | [[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. | ||
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+ | [[Jan Juta]]. 1972. ''Background in Sunshine: Memories of South Africa''. New York: Charles Scribner‟s | ||
+ | Sons: p.52. | ||
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+ | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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+ | == Return to == | ||
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+ | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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+ | Return to [[Main Page]] |
Latest revision as of 04:40, 1 May 2017
The Masque of the Silver Trees is an outdoor pageant composed by Rene Juta in 1909.
The original text
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