A Pageant of Great Women

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Cast Size

40w
Duration

More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Subgenre

Fantasy, Period, Experimental
Target Audience

Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary

Great women of the early 20th century find out about great women from the past.

History

First produced at the

Scala Theatre, London,

November 10th, 1909

Cast Attributes

Performing Groups

Justice

LADY GROVE

Prejudice

MR. KENYON MUSGROVE

Woman

MISS ADELINE BOURNE

THE

LEARNED WOMEN

Hypatia

Miss Elaine Inescourt

St. Teresa

Miss Ada Potter

Lady Jane Grey

Miss Dorothy Finney

Madame de Stafcl

Miss Frances Vane

Madame Roland

Miss Maude Hoffman

Madame de Scudery

Miss Nora Royston

Jane Austen

Miss Winifred Mayo

George Sand

Miss Mary Webb

Caroline Herschell

- Miss Brineta Browne

Madame Curie

Miss Margaret Marshall

Graduate

Miss Maude Buchanan

THE ARTISTS

Sappho

Miss Eva Balfour

Vittoria Colonna

Miss Gwendoline Bishop

Angelica Kaufrmann

Miss Rose Mathews

Vigee le Brun

Miss Margaret Halstan

Rosa Bonheur

Miss Edith Craig

Margaret van Eyck

Miss Irene Ross

Nance Oldfield

Miss Ellen Terry

THE SAINTLY WOMEN

St. Hilda

Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth of Hungary

Catherine of Siena

Miss Madeline Roberts

Miss Joy Chatwyn

Miss Gwladys Morris

Mrs. Madeline Lucette Ryley

THE HEROIC WOMEN

Charlotte Corday

Flora Macdonald

Kate Barlass

Grace Darling

Mrs. Brown Potter

Miss Mona Harrison

Miss Evelyn Hammill

Miss Barbara Ayrton

Victoria

Elizabeth

Zenobia

Philippa

Deborah

i Isabella

Catherine the Great

Tsze-Hsi-An

THE RULERS

Miss Angela Hubbard

Miss Janette Steer

Miss Nella Powys

Mrs. Sam Sothern

Miss Edyth Olive

Miss Granville

Miss Suzanne Sheldon

Miss Viola Finney

THE WARRIORS

Joan of Arc

Boadicea

Agnes of Dunbar

Emilie Plater

Ranee of Jhansi

Maid of Saragossa

Christian Davies

Hannah Snell

Mary Ann Talbot

Florence Nightingale

Time Period Present Day, 1910s / WWI, Contemporary
Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Elaborate / High Volume Costumes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
Additional Features Not Applicable
Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Cautions
- No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

Minimum Fee: £40 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Cicely Hamilton

Cicely Hamilton was born in 1872 and was an English actress, writer, journalist, suffragist and feminist. She wrote over twenty plays, including two propaganda plays, How the Vote was Won (1909) and A Pageant of Great Women.

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A Pageant of Great Women