* * * * When the book of a pageant
is in the hands of Mr. E. M. Forster and the music in those of Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams the result is likely to be something it will be worth making a considerable journey to see—the more so since the Abinger Pageant of three or four years ago has shown what Mr. Forster is capable of in that field. Actually Londoners will need to go no further than Dorking, where in surroundings of singular natural beauty the pageant will be enacted, for the laudable purpose of providing funds to preserve the open spaces in the vicinity of Leith Hill from encroachments. All that is required for complete success is the continuance of rainless weather till the second week in July, when the performances take place. (Or no doubt its mere recrudescence would suffice.) * * * *
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