Mr Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-1944) "playing a solo" on the Megaphone at the Warwick Pageant of 1906 (the only way he could successfully direct a vast cast). The Warwick Pageant was a huge drama festival, organised by Parker, which took place in the grounds of Warwick Castle, England, in July 1906 and was later described as ?the biggest thing which ever happened to Warwick?. Parker announced in 1911 that more than 15,000 performers had gone through his hands, and audiences had reached a quarter of a million!!