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Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People

by Constance D'Arcy Mackay

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First published
1912
Pages
149Digital edition
Language
English
Reading difficulty
4 of 10

A little about the story

A collection of short plays and pageants about American history, written for schools, clubs and town celebrations on holidays like Independence Day, Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day.

Constance D'Arcy Mackay includes full staging notes, costumes and ideas for performing indoors or out, from a single classroom to a whole town.

Things You May Not Know About Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People

  • Designed for use in schools, and easy to stage with simple costumes.
  • Shadow pageants. One pageant uses silhouettes behind a screen to show figures from the past.
  • Mackay was a leading figure in the American children's theatre movement.

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