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A pageant wagon is a movable stage or wagon used to accommodate the mystery and miracle play cycles of the 10th through the 16th century. These religious plays were developed from biblical texts; at the height of their popularity, they were allowed to stay within the churches, and special stages were erected for them.
"Pageant Wagon" is a short story by American writer Orson Scott Card. It first appeared his in his short story collection The Folk of the Fringe (April, 1989), and was followed by a release in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (August, 1989) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
York Historic Pageant (1909) In 1909, the York Historic Pageant included a parade of guild banners accompanying a wagon representing the Nativity through the streets. [7] In December the same year a selection of six plays was performed as a fund-raising venture for St Olave's Church, York. [8]
Plays were staged on pageant wagon stages, which were platforms mounted on wheels used to move scenery. They allowed for abrupt changes in location. They allowed for abrupt changes in location. Often providing their own costumes, amateur performers in England were exclusively male, but other countries had female performers.
In its fullest form the cycle comprised about ten plays, all on New Testament themes, though only two have survived to the present day. Of these two, the Shearmen and Tailors' Pageant was a nativity play portraying events from the Annunciation to the Massacre of the Innocents , and the Weavers' Pageant dealt with the Purification and the ...
The wagon which was renovated by Rickey Skillingotn will be used to haul the Mule Day grand marshal in the Mule Day parade. ... Main Arena4 p.m. - Jackpot Mule Races – Main Arena4 p.m. - Miss ...
The pageant is a preliminary event for the Miss Maryland Teen pageant, and was held Feb. 24 in the Kepler Center for the Performing Arts at Hagerstown Community College.
Then, Dec. 15-22, the local Zephyr Theatre will present the two-man play, "A Very Good Christmas Carol." Other events will include holiday teas, Victorian caroling, a Christkindlmarkt, and much more.