Performance

VenueTraverse Theatre
TownEdinburgh
CountyEdinburgh
From9th August 2011
To28th August 2011
PricesFrom £2.00. To £19.00.
What is currently on at Traverse Theatre (V605)

The Dark Philosphers

T198790651
National Theatre Wales will celebrate one of Wales' most distinctive voices of the last century with The Dark Philosophers, a brand new dramatisation of the ink-black comic tales of Gwyn Thomas, the great Welsh storyteller and dark, hilarious chronicler of the Valleys. The youngest of 12 children, Gwyn Thomas (1913-1981) was born and brought up in Cymmer, in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. Growing up in poverty, he won a scholarship to Oxford University, and returned to Wales to teach. The Dark Philosophers, a collection of short stories, was published in 1946, while his novels include The Alone to the Alone (1947); All Things Betray Thee (1949); The World Cannot Hear You (1951), and Now Lead Us Home (1952). His play The Keep opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1961, to great acclaim.


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Company

Producer National Theatre of Wales
Producer Told by an Idiot
Adapted by Carl Grose (and the company from the stories of Gwyn Thomas)
Director Paul Hunter
Design Angela Davies
Music Iain Johnstone
Musical Director Iain Johnstone
Performer David Charles
Performer Nia Davies
Performer Nia Gwynne
Performer Ryan Hacker
Performer Daniel Hawksford
Performer Bettrys Jones
Performer Matthew Owen
Performer Glyn Pritchard
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