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Utah Shakespearean Festival Letterbox LbNA #31792

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jun 9, 2007
Location:
City:Cedar City
County:Iron
State:Utah
Boxes:1
Planted by:ladybee
Found by: kimbest
Last found:Feb 18, 2013
Status:FFFFFFaFFF
Last edited:Jun 9, 2007
November 22, 2008: This box has disappeared.



In honor of the 46th season of the Tony-Winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, we place this memorial letterbox.

Though we, the placers, typically lend our hands, heads, and hearts to the creation of scenery and costumes for the plays each year, we've turned our talents to stamp-carving and clue writing. Perhaps you will come for the letterbox, but stay for the plays!


In addition to his comedies, tragedies, and histories, William Shakespeare wrote over 150 love poems in sonnet form. Here is one to start the clues:


Sonnet 110
by William Shakespeare

Alas! 'tis true, I have gone here and there,
And made my self a motley to the view,
Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear,
Made old offences of affections new;
Most true it is, that I have looked on truth
Askance and strangely; but, by all above,
These blenches gave my heart another youth,
And worse Essays proved thee my best of love.
Now all is done, have what shall have no end:
Mine appetite I never more will Grind
On newer proof, to try an older friend,
A god in Love, to whom I am confined.
Then give me welcome, next my heaven the best,
Even to thy pure and most most loving breast.

The tenth line belies a capital clue--seek thou upon the main thoroughfare in the city of cedars, a scholar's rest of bookshelving, bagelry, and bean-brew aromas. Peruse the tomes--archaic words of love that gilded pages do disclose preface a chamber more secret than a Bard's heart. There you'll find the Speare--shaken, not stirred.

Hurry, first finders! There is a special first finder's gift inside but you must get it before the end of June!