EMLYN WILLIAMS AS DYLAN THOMAS GROWING UP, Yale Repertory Theatre 1976

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DYLAN THOMAS

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An Entertainment devised by Emlyn Williams from the stories of Dylan Thomas September 14-15

EMLYNWILLIAMS _ (cont.) on something new; a public "Reading" of one of his stories, though nothing could have been less like a reading than that immensely dramati~ performance.

It then occurred to Emlyn Williams that in the theatre, dialogue need not hold a monopoly, and that the riches of the writteh word could be channeled into a special stage medium.

After a year of elimination, adaptation, and study, he presented--in London--his "solo performance," EMLYNWILLIAMSAS CHARLESDICKENS. At this point he had never appeared alone on the stage, which gives an idea of what an adventure the project was; an adventure so startlingly successful that he found himself a pioneer.

From then until now, he has periodically returned to his Dickens performance, as well as to his second "one-man show," EMLYNWILLIAMSAS DYLAN THOMASGROWING UP; in London, New York, and all over the world. ("Coming back to either, from other activities, I always feel fresh ... ") The "other activities" have covered a wide field; including (as actor) a season at Stratford-upon-Avon (Shylock, Iago, Angelo), three seasons in New York (DAUGHTER OF SILENCE, A MANFOR ALL SEASONS, THE DEPUTY--as the Pope) and, in London, A MONTHIN THE COUNTRY(with Ingrid Bergman and Michael Redgrave) and FORTYYEARSON. Some of his film perrormances have been in THE DEEP BLUE SEA, THE WRECKOF THE MARYDEARE, I ACCUSE, THE L-SHAPEDROOM,THE WALKING-STICK,THE EYE OF 1HE DEVIL, DAVID COPPERFIELD. In 1969, on Television, he was a commentator on the Investiture of the Prince of Wales.

As author; adaptations of A MONTHIN THE COUNTRY and THE MASTERBUILDER, the latter presented

by London's National Theatre, with first Michael Redgrave and Maggie Smith, then Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright; THE POWEROF DAWN,a television play; and three books, GEORGE,EMLYN, (both Autobiographies), and BEYONDBELIEF, a study of murder.

He is currently preparing on one of his plays.

the book and iyrics

of SPRING!, a musical

RECORDS: EMLYNWILLIAMSAS CHARLESDICKENS: 2 LP Records, ARGORC 231 & 232 EMLYNWILLIAMS.AB DYLANTHOMASGROWING UP: 2 LP Records, ARGORG 546 & 547

based

SELECTIONS 1.

INTRODUC.ING DYLAN

2.

MEMORIESOF CHILDHOOD (from "Quite Early One Morning")

3.

COUSINGWILYM (sketch, from "The Peaches," a story in the collection "Portrait of the Artist .as a Young Dog")

4.

"WHODO YOUWISH WASWITH US?" (story, from "Portrait of the Artist

as a Young Dog")

THE FIGHT (story,

as a Young Dog")

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from "Portrait

of the Artist

6.

THE HAND

7.

"THE OUTING" (story, from "A Prospect

of the Sea")

.INTERMISSI()N of Fifteen Minutes

8 . .REMINISCENCEOF A SCHOOLMASTER (sketch,

9.

from "Return

"JUST LIKE LITTLE DOGS" (story, from "Portrait

10. SELF-PORTRAIT ( sketch, f;r-om "Return

Journey,"

in "Quite Early

of the Artist J.ourney")

11. ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE (fantasy) 12. A MOMENT OF OLDERYOUTH ( f'rom "Q.ui.te 1:!:arly One Morning")

One Morning"}

as a Young Dog")

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DYLAN1~l.1HOMAS DYLANTHOMASwas born in Swansea on O~tober -~7th~ · 191~, -and d~ed in New York on November 9th, 1953.

In the · ·first item in the program, he introduces himself--through his mouthpiece, the actor--to his theatre audien~e, and goes on from there.

It was when Emlyn Williams, (another Welshman), took part in the first stage performance of UNDERMILKWOOD that he realized how its author had been veering towards the theatre, and how--had he lived--the theatre might have been enriched by his talents.

It then became the actor's conviction that he ~nould weave ~ogether, from the writer's other work, 8: 'the~tr .ic~ ~-eI_1tertainment.

EMLYNWILLIAMS AS DYLANTHOMASGROWING UP was first -presented, for a three-month season, at the Globe Theatre, London, then at the Longacre, N~w York.

EMLYNWILLIAMS By 1951,

EMLYNWILLIAMSwas, in London and New York, an established actor-playwright, his best-known ~lays being NIOJ!T MUSTF'ALL, (filmed with Robert Montgomery, later with -Albert -Finney), and -THE CORNIS GREEN, (starring Sybil Thorndike and himself in London, Ethel Barrymore throughout America. and filmed with Bette Davis.) · He had also appeared in such films as THE CITADEL, THE STARS LOOKDOWN, MAJORBARBARA,HATTER'S CASTLE, WOMAN OF DOLWYN(written by him for Edith Evans and Richard Burton), ANOTHERMAN'S -POISON· (with -Bette ·Davis), and IVANHOE. In 1950, happening to read a . biography, he was reminded that in 1853, Charles Dickens, at the height of his fame as a novelist, had embarked