The Dark Philosphers

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T198790651 (EDFRINGE11) 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.
9 Aug 11 to 28 Aug 11	Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V605 listing details L439823394
T1387019863 (RIVERFRONT10) Producer National Theatre Wales (in association with Told by an Idiot). Adapted by Carl Grose. Adapted by Told by an Idiot. Director Paul Hunter. Design Angela Davies. Performer Alex Beckett. Performer David Charles. Performer Nia Davies. Performer Ryan Hacker. Performer Daniel Hawksford. Performer Bettrys Jones. Performer Glyn Pritchard. Performer Laura Rogers.
11 Nov 10 to 13 Nov 10	The Riverfront, Newport :: V088145899 listing details L217395363

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Play :: 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.