Molly o shann'

Charles laughton
Emlyn hughes
Brook williams

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Emlyn Williams

George Emlyn Williams was born in November 1905 in Mostyn, Flintshire, and won scholarships to Holywell Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford.

Williams joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society, making his acting debut in And So To Bed (1927). He was to become one of Wales' finest stage and screen actors, though won much acclaim as a playwright.

Early success as a dramatist came in the form of A Murder Has Been Arranged but it was with 1935 psychological thriller Night Must Fall that Williams found fame. Its success in London ensured a spell on Broadway, and it has been adapted into film twice, in 1937 and 1964.

In 1937 he was cast as Caligula in an adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius and a year later wrote another of his acclaimed plays, The Corn Is Green. Partly based on his own childhood, the play brought Broadway stage success for Ethel Barrymore and the 1945 film adaptation spurned an Oscar nomination for actress Bette Davis.

Williams' plays Yesterday's Magic, The Morning Star and Someone Waiting were also all performed on Broadway, whilst the

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George: An Early Autobiography

November 6, 2016

I saw, somewhere, a critic wrote that George, An Early Autobiography by Emlyn Williams is the best autobiography of a theater person ever. So I purchased a tattered fifty year old copy of the book and eagerly started reading. Williams was a celebrated actor and playwright (Night Must Fall, The Corn Is Green) of the early twentieth century. So I was expecting to be regaled with tales of his early stage career in London, with him dropping the names of the famous players of the 1920s and ‘30s. The key words in the title of this book, however, are “early autobiography.” Williams tells of his childhood in Wales, his schooling at Oxford, and finally ends with his first theatrical job as an actor. So there was very little famous name dropping. But reading his account of his life, one gets a sense of why he was a ticket-selling playwright. He has a vivid imagination, launching into countless fantasies, and is quite a scholar. His life story is engaging, and we are drawn into it and wish him well—all the time knowing that he did do well. At t

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Emlyn Williams (trade unionist)

Emlyn Williams (20 February 1921 – 14 July 1995) was a Welshtrade unionist.

Born in Aberdare, Williams attended the Parc School until he was fourteen, when he went to work at the Nantmelyn Colliery with his father. He joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War II and served in the Royal Horse Artillery and then the Royal Armoured Corps. He remained with the army until 1947, when the nationalisation of the coal mining industry led him to hope for improved conditions in the mines.^[1]

On returning to Wales, Williams again worked at Nantmelyn and became active in the South Wales Area of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). He was elected as chairman of its Bwllfa lodge; he later moved to Mardy Colliery and again served as chair of the local lodge.^[1] From 1957, he worked full-time for the NUM as an agent for the Rhondda, Cynon and Merthyr Tydfil area,^[2] and by his retirement, he was the NUM's longest-serving employee.^[1]

Williams was elected to the executive of the South Wales area in