sentences: Albert Bushnell Hart, Professor-Emeritus of History at Harvard University called Burrell “the master pageant-master,” and fellow American dramatist Percy MacKaye said of Burrell, “I know of no other person who combines his mastery of minutiae with the kind of human idealism necessary for projecting such phases of community art.”
  
  Burrell's historically themed pageants were often performed outdoors in stadiums, football fields, and even on battlefields.The topic was usually related to a significant historical milestone of the city or region in which the pageant was produced.