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The dancers perform authentic Elizabethan dances as entertainment for the crowds at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. pre-sho- w 0 estiv a reflects Shakespeorea n er I by KIRK JOHNSON Chronicle Staff Promoters of Cedar City's Shakespeare Festivel said they were trying to create an authentic atmosphere of Elizabethan England, trying to make the visitor feel as if he were really there and sometimes it actually worked. Walking around the crowded Southern Utah State University (SUSC) campus surrounded by jugglers, girls in authentic costumes selling tarts and horehound candy, dances and Punch and Judy shows, one could almost feel the air in which Shakespeare worked and lived. The festival, which began July 14 and runs until August 20, includes three plays: "Romeo and Juliet," "Coriolanus" and "The Taming of the Shrew," in addition to a special matinee performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado." This year marked the 16th year of the annual festival, as was commemorated by the dedication of the recently yard sale offers used U bargains One person's junk may be another person's treasure, and the University presently is offering a yardful of "diamonds in the lough." It is the semiannual learatue sale at the University's Ptoprny Redistribution completed Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theater, under construction since 1962. The theater is patterned after Shakespeare's original theater, The Globe, which burned to d the ground in the early 17th century. An open-aistructure, the building is remarkably similar to the Globe with the exception of a few modern conveniences, such as lights and chairs. According to the Shakespeare newsletter published by the festival organization, this is the first year that the fete has included a play. The newsletter said the Gilbert and Sullivan farce is mainly directed at family audiences. Last season, the group performed "Julius Caesar," "Love's Labors Lost," and "The Tempest." In addition to the plays, a series of Shakespeare seminars are being offered every day except Sunday and Monday. They are two hours long and may be taken for college credit. According to the festival schedule, a morning seminar is held every day on the literary backgrounds of the plays. Center, where used equipment is recycled on campus whenever possible before being sold to the public. Awaiting the bargain hunter is an array of hems renging from meat grinders to. microscopes, cars to caskets. Property Administrator Paul Madsen prices on most items have been reduced 25 to 50 percent as a sale inducement so the center, which will soon move to a new building, can save on transportation costs. Many items are displayed in the center's front yard at Building 435, just south of the traffic light at the entrance to Fort Douglas. Visitors are also welcome to browse through the myriad materials that are piled, heaxd, shelved and binned inside the building. Although used University cars usually says ni - " ) j 10 m iim r, six-side- Afternoon seminars cover a variety of subjects ranging from production to the direction of the plays. Tuesday's seminar features a discussion with the play directors; Wednesday, with the festival musicians; Thursday, with the scenic designers for the sets; Friday, with the festival actors; and Saturday with costume designers. Backstage tours are conducted each Wednesday and Friday throughout the production season, and a special art exhibit is on display daily. According to the Festival newsletter, this year's Shakespeare company numbers nearly 130 actors, dancers, designers and promoters from all over the nation, and features the first woman director for a festival play, Charlene Bletson of "Romeo and Juliet." Funding for the festival is provided by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and through numerous other public and private grants from within the state. have to be sold by bid, Madsen says there are currently six available and on display for cash only. They include models from 1969 to 1975 ranging in price from $500 to $825. Caskets? "Yes, we have two at $10 each," said Madsen, a retired Army procurement officer. "We get them after cadavers are donated to the University Medical Center. It may be to early to think of Halloween, but" they've been used in the past as theater props." Other items include wooden skis, ski boots, store display cabinets, assorted heavy duty hand tools, refrigerators, paint in a variety of colors, Navy dungarees and whites and Army fatigues. from Also available are e room-sizwindow to units; jxirtable machines; electronic gear of all kinds; t tyjK-witers, mimeograph machines, rugs. x-r- drapes and a $1,800 mass spectrometer. The redistribution center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Weather Thursday partly cloudy, fair and warm; high, 94, low 63 Friday mostly sunny and warm with south winds; high 96, low 65 Saturday warm with increasing clouds and 30 percent chance of showers by evening; high 93. low 65 Sunday partly cloudy and warm; high 95. low 61 |