Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-27

Special Correspondence,
r QNDoN May IS American wish
tors to England carly this summer
WIN have I'm opportunity o. Wit
nesglng something worth going iar
"a gee II 90 tho commcmorauon OF
shorborne, one OF the qnpintes' ana
most picturesque " West Country
towns. Of lts twelve hundrodth olrlh'
day, Few towns, even In old EnRlohd'
oon bonr, such venerable antiquity ae
that And dunng It's long NE sheroorno
has witnessed many stirring scenes lnu"
matoly associated with cpoeh'maklng
periods OF English history Instead OF
an exhibition, fonstlng, orolory ana
fireworks, or any Of the other varieties
of civic celebration which mushroom
cities hnyp made so WOnrlsomoly tN-
mlllar Shorbornc Nv 10 nave u snow
wnrthV of its great Ngc ana glorious
memories, II VIII take the FORM OF u
spectacular folk play or pageant III
which the most noteworthy events mat
have taken place IN the old gray town
win bo re.enacted
EASY LIFE RECENTLY,
ehorborne has been taking NE easy
I'm the last few hundred years OF ltH OK
Is,cnco and not much OF importance IN
the outside world has happened mere
IN thnt time, But II had the good Tor.
tune To provide home for 10 years TO
Louis n, Parker the dramatist, author
OF "Tho Cardinal" and co'author OF
Rosemary" Incidentally also Shor'
borne provided Mir Parker with q VIE,
70 show his appreciation OF all thht
Shorbornc has done for him, Mr., Parker
has written the folk play and arranged
its scenes, That guarantees n perform
ancc worth seeing,
II IN 10 be given IN the open air Nml1
the ruins OF old ShorbOrne castle,
around which cluster 40 many mem.
cries of the days whom ShoIborno lived
the Stronuous lIfo No modern stage
could provide settling 30 we'll adapted
To- the performance, Through the main
entrance To the modern castle, the homo
OF the Dlgby family a winding road
leads across the mont into the interior
Of the old castle. The ruins OF the kcon
and tUrrot evidences Of CromWcll'a
wrath form n rough quadrangle over
grown with ivy which VIII serve as u
BACKGROUND for the various tuhoauX,
ON the let towers the remnants Of tho
ancient gnto.hOuHo, on the rlght " an
other fragment of masonry, called tho
"Chnpcl Exit" Fronting the quad.
rnnglo large covered auditorium VIII
bo erected providing eoata for 1000
spectators IN the folk play zoo nf
the ,oWnffolk win take part They bcs
gan drilling and rohcoralng Cor the
event months ago Tho historical no..
curacy Of the costumes provided for
them " youchod for by the best att
thorltlcs,
CLAIM FOR RENOWN,
Sherbornc'a chief claim Ia historic re-.
nown lies IN the fact that II was for n
time the capital of the newer WossoN
ana the centcr ~ tho one district which
successfully wlthslood the Dane whlo
Alfred gathered his foriorn hope IN tho
marshes OF Atholnoy for the ilght which
made England ana NIL that has since
como out ~ II possible. Three Of tho
eleven episodes into which the play
Nv divided are devoted ~ this period ~
its history The first Of these dopiot,
the founding Of the town by st. Eald-
holm IN iOi, whom the inhabitants ~
the west had most Of them rolapspd
into honthondOnl In the midst Of a
hunting ecOno the saint makes Ms en-
trance accompanied by some Of hls dis.
clplos Dipping his hnnd IN the small