This Pageant was prepared primarily for grammar schools, but will
be found suitable and interesting for higher grades as well as for
Community Choruses and Societies.
It can be performed on any stage or platform indoors or on the lawn
out-of-doors. No scenery is absolutely necessary, although the use of
a scene representing a spacious interior, if such be available, would
heighten the effect of the performance. Otherwise, a wooded exterior
scene, or in case no scenery is procurable, a background of hangings in
a neutral tint will serve. The costumes for the most part are such as
can be made at home. Boy Scout uniforms will do for the Soldiers, but
naval uniforms may have to be procured for the occasion.
The music, which is an integral part of the Pageant, has been compiled
and published by us in a separate book, and is so arranged that it can
be sung in unison or by mixed voices.
It is intended that the _Chorus_ should be grouped in the background
and sides of the scene throughout the performance, leaving the central
part of the stage and a central entrance for the principal characters.