Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-01
WILL GIVE FETE
FOR BRITAIN
HISTORICAL PRODUCTION AT
WARWICK
Players to Number Two Thousand.
Famous Members Of Nobility,
Peasants and Parsons Are
to Be Performers
Special cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald
LONDON, June 30-At Warwick the
forthcoming historical production will
be one of the most remarkable pastoral
spectacular series of historical tableaux
ever seen in this country or elsewhere.
Louis Parker, the manager, is re-
markable character poet, playwright,
artist and student.
"Yes." said the quiet-mannered or
ganizer of the vast festival, II have
1000 performers who will take part
They are composed of members of the
nobility, such as Lord Willoughby De
Brooke and his highly talented COM
pany: Lord Yarmouth, whom you know
of in the United States and who plays
a prominent part; Lord Leicester and
many more who wish their names not
to appear"
And what does Lord Willoughby De
Brooke do?"
HE and Lady Willoughby De
Brooke play Shakespearean episodes"
where do you recruit your masses
of players?"
Peacocks Play Part
Here in Warwick and around.
Everybody is coming in-parsons peers,
peasants, physicians and peacocks Oh,
those peacocks!" said Mr.. Parker.
plaintively.
The grounds of Warwick castle,
where the pageant takes place, are full
of them and whenever he starts
Drufdical chant or a fine defamation
those terrible birds seem to make
point of joining in with their strident
calls.
Mr.. Parker says 1000 tickets have al
ready been disposed of and there are
$4,000 in all.
A large, very large Gndeed Mr..
Parker fears for its size) open space of
green turf, which grows like velvet,
lies formed by semicircle of superb
trees, such as can only be seen in an
old English park, and between these
majestic trees are glades through which
on the day of the pageant the main
procession will issue. There are eleven
such issues. Away to the left the
dreamy Avon makes a bend. giving life
to the scenery already so lovely.
Many Have Important Roles
There are many principal characters
in the spectacle Lady Warwick will
be there. She will sell copper souvenirs
of the pageant and of the characters
in the pageant Mrs. Helen Bachelor
a woman of singular beauty will take
the part of Queen Elizabeth. She is
the wife of a local squire. Leicester is
played by Lord Yarmouth. Lady
Heath is engaged in a Shakespearean
episode. Ralph Goodenough. Lord
Yarmouth and Lady Victoria De Traf-
ford will occupy an Elizabethan coach
with Lady Heath and others. A real
Stratford bailiff comes over to take
part in the play. Young John Shake
speare is a boy brought over from
Stratford. The part of Guy of War
wick is naturally a very prominent
one. 1t is taken by son of the mayor
of Warwick, who is an antiquary, and
the rector of Eynton takes the role of
the kingmaker.
Scenes to Be Effective
One of the most effective episodes,
according to Mr.. Parker, will be that
which treats of the dawn of Chris
tianity, in which representatives of all
denominations will take part, and the
most picturesque will be the arrival of
Queen Elizabeth in her magnificent
barge of state as she lands from Avon,
accompanied by her entire court
One of the remarkable attractions
will be Greek chorus. A choir is COM
posed of Warwick lads and lasses, who
sing triumphial songs and madrigals,
one of which composed by Allen Black
dale is of great beauty. here will be
a procession of Warwicks forming part
of the Elizabethan episode. In this no
less than fourteen Warwicks will ap-
pear, including colonial American rep
resentatives of the great name.