Patrick Page returns to Cedar City — with all the Bard’s bad boys in tow

Patrick Page returns to Cedar City this week, sharing Shakespeare’s thoughts on evil with audiences who weren’t yet born when the actor’s portrayals of Richard III, Iago and Macbeth made him one of the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s legendary figures. Page will perform a brand-new one-man show, “All the Devils Are Here,” for students attending the high-school Shakespeare competition presented by USF and Southern University.

His return to the festival after a 28-year absence unfolded like a drama buff’s version of the popular children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.