Gwenlyn Parry:
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Main Author: Owen, Roger (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cardiff University of Wales Press ©2013
Series:Writers of Wales
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-166) and index
'Llanbabo it is to us and Llanbabo it will reman' : early life -- 'God help me, I cannot escape this' : three short plays -- 'A kind of self-therapy' : Saer Doliau -- 'A revolution ... where one man takes over the empire of the other' : Tŷ ar y Tywood -- 'A Welsh Tom and Jerry' : Fo a Fe and Y Ffin -- 'In the middle of the seventies experience' : Pobol y Cwm and Grand Slam -- 'They will also argue and fight and talk about their fear of death etc.' : Y tŵr -- 'You know who's in the balance?' : Sal -- 'Any bloody fool can play dame' : Panto -- 'Everything will be fine now you'll see' : later life
Gwenlyn Parry was one of the most important Welsh-language playwrights of the 20th century and played a key role in the popularisation and flourishing of drama in theatre and on television during the 1970s and 1980s. This study is an extended treatment of his life and work in English, and examines the complex and occasionally paradoxical relationship between the autobiographical aspects of his writing and his use of theatrical form
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0708326633
9780708326633

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