The Pageant 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 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)

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