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Performance TitleGrand Fete, in aid of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
Performance Date2 June 1904
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersChildren in pageant:
Master Dick Tufnell,
Master Charles Williams Wynne,
Miss Beryl Cheek,
Miss Betty Spottiswoode,
Miss Winifred Benyon

Adults in pageant:
Mrs Lampson,
Miss Freeman,
Miss Olive WHite,
Miss Gladys White,
Miss Cynthia Hammersley,
Lady Rodney,
Miss Godefroi,
Miss Von Sandau,
Miss Teresa del Riego,
Miss Jeffreys,
Mrs Bligh,
Miss Agnes del Riego - speakers

Mr Fred Kerr,
Miss Eva Moore,
Mrs Beerbohm Tree,
Miss Genevieve Ward,
Miss Marion Terry,
Miss Gertrude Kingston,
Miss Annie Hughes,
Miss Lena Ashwell,
Miss Lilian Braithwaite,
Miss Mabel Terry Lewis,
Miss Maud Hilyard,
Miss May Fortescue - actors
Secondary PerformersMiss Ellis Jeffreys - speaker
ChoirsSteadman's Choir
Set ListOpening spectacle - 'The Pageant of the Months', Christina Rosetti,
Drama - 'The Mousetrap', arr. Mrs Kendal,
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
Royal Arrival,
Procession of 140 children presenting purses to the Duchess of Connaught (including Lady Clifton, Lady Rosemary Leveson-Gower, Lady Rosemary Cairns, and Baroness Von Deichmann),
Royal departure,
Dispay of Fencing,
Procession of the May Queen and Her Court, arr. Hon. Mrs Cecil Bingham, Hon. Mrs White Ridley, Lady Sassoon, Lady Rodd, Mrs L Vernon Harcourt and Mrs Wordsworth.


West Theatre:
'The Artist's Dream', arr. Viscountess Maitland, Mr Broughton RA (Miss Ellis Jeffreys)
Royal PresenceHRH The Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn,
HRH The Princess Arthur, Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn
HRH The Princess Margaret of York,
HRH The Princess Victoria Patricia
Performance NotesDuring the opening spectacle each month was represented by 12 children, dressed in costumes to represent flowers, birds or phonomenon of the month. 160 children took part in the event. The Crush Rooms were used for Teas.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8506Grand Fete, in aid of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4509The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC); 1884-; British children's charity
DS/UK/1123Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert (1850-1942); British Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; British Royal Family - seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria
DS/UK/4315Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia/Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; Louise Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes (1860-1917); Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn; German princess, British royal family member, wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
DS/UK/4314Ramsay; Lady; Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth (1886-1974); British royal family member
DS/UK/4510Princess Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah of Connaught (1882-1920); Princess; British Royal Princess, Crown Princess of Sweden
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