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St. Albans Pageant, 1907: Queen Elizabeth at Gorhambury.

Courtesy of St. Albans Museums.

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Composer: German, Edward
Composer: Purcell, Henry
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Historical Figure%3Ak%C3%A9Roualle%2C Louise Ren%C3%A9E De Penanco%C3%Abt De%2C Suo Jure Duchess Of Portsmouth And Suo Jure Duchess Of Aubigny In The French Nobility
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1 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
1 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
1 Bath, Somerset, England

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1 town
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Person/s with primary responsibility for execution of the pageant

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1 Maybury, Beatrice
1 Lascelles, Frank
1 Bedford, Cicely

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 Author

Names of script-writers and other credited authors

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1 Tylee, Edward S.
1 Skrine, J.H.
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Prowse, C.B.
1 Morony, Myra
1 Hanks, W.P.
1 Carr, Cecil T.
1 Broadley, A.M.
1 Bowley, W.L.
1 Bedford, Cicely

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3 Purcell, Henry
3 German, Edward
2 Williams, Ralph Vaughan
2 Fletcher, Percy
2 Bach, Johann Sebastian
1 Warlock, Peter
1 Tapp, Frank
1 Stewart, C. Hylton
1 Stanford, Charles Villiers
1 Schottler, W.F.C.
1 New, A.E.
1 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
1 Lully, Jean-Baptiste
1 Heap, J.S.
1 Head, H.T.
1 Harringdon, Dr
1 Handel, George Frideric
1 Gounod, Charles
1 Farnaby, Giles
1 Dykes, John Bacchus
1 Dwys, J.W.
1 Dussek, Ronald
1 David, H.J.
1 Bull, John
1 Bruch, Max
1 Brewer, Herbert
1 Allen, H.P.
1 Alderson, Percy

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1 Ælfthryth
1 Wood, John
1 Wolfe, James
1 William Savile, second marquess of Halifax
1 William IV
1 William III and II
1 William Augustus, Prince, duke of Cumberland
1 Wilkes, John
1 Wilfrid [St Wilfrid]
1 Wilberforce, Samuel
1 Wesley [Westley], John
1 Warner, Richard
1 Warburton, William
1 Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford
1 Waller, Sir William
1 Vernon, James
1 Taylor, Sir Herbert
1 Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield
1 Smollett, Tobias George
1 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1 Shakespeare, William
1 Scudamore, Frances Fitzroy- [Frances Scudamore, duchess of Beaufort]
1 Saumarez, James, first Baron de Saumarez
1 Saint Paul the Apostle
1 Russell, John, fourth duke of Bedford
1 Richardson, Samuel
1 Richard I [called Richard Coeur de Lion, Richard the Lionheart]
1 Ralegh, Sir Walter
1 Pulteney, William, earl of Bath
1 Prynne, William
1 Pritchard [née Vaughan], Hannah
1 Popham, Alexander
1 Pope, Alexander
1 Pitt, William, first earl of Chatham [known as Pitt the elder]
1 Pitt [née Grenville], Hester, countess of Chatham and suo jure Baroness Chatham
1 Piozzi [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale], Hester Lynch
1 Petre, Sir William
1 Percy, Henry, ninth earl of Northumberland
1 Perceval, John, second earl of Egmont
1 Pelham, Thomas, first Baron Pelham
1 Payne, Antony [Anthony; called Cornish Giant]
1 Parker, George, second earl of Macclesfield
1 Otway, Sir Robert Waller, first baronet
1 Oswald [St Oswald]
1 More, Hannah
1 Montagu [née Robinson], Elizabeth
1 Maurice, prince palatine of the Rhine
1 Marlowe [Marley], Christopher
1 Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer [formerly Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer], first Baron Lytton
1 Ley, James, third earl of Marlborough
1 Lady Arabella [Arbella]
1 King, Oliver
1 Howard, Henry, twelfth earl of Suffolk and fifth earl of Berkshire
1 Howard, Henry, seventh duke of Norfolk
1 Hopton, Ralph, Baron Hopton
1 Hood, Robin
1 Henry VII
1 Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France]
1 Hastings [née Shirley], Selina, countess of Huntingdon
1 Harley [née Holles], Henrietta Cavendish, countess of Oxford and Mortimer
1 Harington, John, first Baron Harington of Exton
1 Halford [formerly Vaughan], Sir Henry, first baronet
1 Grenville [Grenvile], Sir Bevil [Bevill]
1 Godolphin, Francis, second earl of Godolphin
1 Gisors, Jean de
1 Fuller, Thomas
1 Fox, Henry, first Baron Holland of Foxley
1 Fitzmaurice, Henry Petty-, third marquess of Lansdowne
1 Fielding, Sarah
1 Fielding, Henry
1 Fellowes, Sir James
1 Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith
1 Elphinstone [née Thrale], Hester Maria, Viscountess Keith
1 Elizabeth, Princess
1 Elizabeth I
1 Edgar [called Edgar Pacificus]
1 Dunstan [St Dunstan]
1 Dormer, Robert, first earl of Carnarvon
1 Digby, Kenelm Henry
1 Dickens, Charles John Huffam
1 Daniel, Samuel
1 Croker, John Wilson
1 Crabbe, George
1 Cope, Sir John [Jonathan]
1 Chudleigh, Elizabeth [married names Elizabeth Hervey, countess of Bristol; Elizabeth Pierrepont, duchess of Kingston upon Hull]
1 Charles II
1 Charles I
1 Cecil, William, first Baron Burghley
1 Ceawlin
1 Cavendish, William, fourth duke of Devonshire
1 Cavendish, William, first duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Cavendish, Henry, second duke of Newcastle upon Tyne
1 Cavendish, Charles
1 Catherine [Catherine of Braganza, Catarina Henriqueta de Bragança]
1 Burney [married name D'Arblay], Frances [Fanny]
1 Burke, Edmund
1 Bowles, William Lisle
1 Boscawen, Edward
1 Blois, Henry de
1 Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-, third duke of Portland
1 Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish [née Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley], duchess of Portland
1 Baring,
1 Austen, Jane
1 Anstey, John
1 Amelia [Emily], Princess

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