Name/TitleOpening Ceremony Media Guide
About this objectBooklet with blue front cover titled 'Opening Ceremony Media Guide', produced for the Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games and embargoed until 21:00 BST on 23rd July. Contents as follows:
- An introduction to this media guide
- Please allow Glasgow to speak for itself
- A welcome from Games Partners
- A welcome from the Chairman of Glasgow 2014
- The journey so far
- Glasgow 2014 facts
- A brief history of the Commonwealth Games
- We're all Jock Tamson's Bairns
- Glasgow 2014 & UNICEF
- Celtic Park Site Map
- An overview of the Opening Ceremony
- Turning a football stadium into a theatre & TV studio
- The Opening Ceremony, scene by scene
- Featured Artists
- The Producers
The guide belonged to Muriel Gray, who was a commentator at the opening ceremony along with John Beattie. The guide also contains a printed and annotated copy of her script.
Fully digitised (52 page guide + 8 page script)
MakerGlasgow 2014 Ceremonies
Date Made2014
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
Inscription and MarksFront cover of media guide, top, in pen: * Mu's copy *
Inside media guide, scene by scene section: annotated in pen throughout
Script: annotated in pen throughout
MeasurementsH: 298 x W: 210 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsCommonwealth Games
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games:
The 2014 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Gray:
Muriel Janet Gray FRSE (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist. She came to public notice as an interviewer on Channel 4's alternative pop-show The Tube, and then appeared as a regular presenter on BBC radio. Gray has written for Time Out, the Sunday Herald and The Guardian, among other publications, as well as publishing successful horror novels. She was the first woman to have been Rector of the University of Edinburgh and is the first female chair of the board of governors at Glasgow School of Art.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
Object numberGWL-2016-141-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved