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Show Parovan native "makes good" at Utah Festival home area and renew friendships friend-ships with the many people here whom I regard so highly. It is here that 1 hope to do "Local boy makes good" can aptly be applied to William Willi-am Wright, son of Mrs. Carol Wright of Parowan, Bill ha; not only made good in his field of drama in the outside world, he has come home and made his mark in his own territory. Cast in the leading role of the current Utah Shakespearean Shakespear-ean Festival production of "King Lear," young Wright has won outstanding reviews for his mature performance of the aged and bereaved king, whom many scholars have felt should never be portrayed on the stage because of the difficulty of the characterization. characteriza-tion. Shakespearean authorities authori-ties have long considered the role of Lear to be one of the most demanding acting assignments as-signments in the world of theater, just as they regard the play itself to be the ulti mate in dramatic challenge. Fred Adams, director of this season's presentation of "King Lear," has placed his cast in a harsh and cold en f1 f K. -fry J ?5- T : ; fc. K V - iJuLmMi hi WILLIAM WRIGHT i-asi in a. uarsu ana cuia en vironment. The depth of Mr Wright's portrayal of emotior has brought human warmth to the austere setting. ; : Bill Wright was .born in Los Angeles, Calif., but grew up in Parowan. His father, William E. Wright, was a sue cessful Hollywood actor. Hi.c j uncle, Will L. "Adams, wa? founder of the Adams Stock Company, and his grandpar ents, Thomas and Luella Red' Adams were pioneer resident1-of resident1-of Parowan who also made a significant contribution to the culture' of southern Utah These three early settlers of the area have recently been honored in the naming of the new Adams Memorial Theatre, Thea-tre, permanent home of the Utah Shakespearean ' Festival Mr, wngm is a graduate oi Parowan High School and re eeived a Bachelor of Arts de-errecf de-errecf In English and theatre from the University of Utah He taught at East High School in Salt Lake City for two years and spent a year in Madrid, Spain teaching English. En-glish. . He studied with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in Bristol, England in 1970-71 where he played Boyet in "Love's Labours La-bours Lost." While at the U of U he appeared in the Shakespearean production of "Othello." He also performed In Berthold Brecht's "Galileo" and played the role of Mr. Zero In "The Adding Machine." He now resides in New York City where he has played In off Broadway productions of "Of Mife and Men," "The Changling" and "Dear Liar." Mr. Wright also has roles in this year's Festival productions pro-ductions of "Comedy of Errors" Er-rors" and "The Winter's Tale." He considers the role of Lear as his greatest challenge to date and stated that he is very pleased to have the opportunity op-portunity of experiencing a true repertory situation where he can play three roles in one season. It is Mr. Wright's opinion that the Festival offers of-fers a young actor the best possible training because of its repertory format and the calibre of its productions. He stated that "I am glad my best work," to be able to work in my |