Graig Du Theatre Players
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The players are in the process of being formed. I will post further updates in the next few days. My intention is to form a community theatre group, with four probable performances a year, to encompass the work of playwrights in the Rhondda as a beginning. Original work will be encouraged. I would like to hear from any members, when I give out further information, if they would be willing to partake in the first staging. This will include actors, actresses, directors,who would be interested in supporting the idea to get valuable experience at the start of their careers. It would be a learning curve for me. I intend staging my play" Sorrow for my Sons" to publicize the group within the next few months. The full version of this play "Painting the Darkness" is to have a performance with the Fluellen Theatre in 2017. The play tells of the mysterious death of William Dillwyn Llewelyn, the eldest son of Sir John Dillwyn Llewelyn, who was found shot dead in the woods of the Penllergare estate on the afternoon of his engagement to Lord Dynevor's daughter in August 1893. The play explores the background to events, the inquest held the following day into his death, and William's friendship with J.Arthur Gibbs, the author of "A Cotswolds Village". I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the late June Lewis-Jones of Fairford, Glos, who helped me considerably with the three-act version of events. After answering my advertisement in her local newspaper, she was intrigued by my discoveries and, as she held Gibbs's diaries in her possession; she was also an author in her own right, she said she would aid me in any way as long as it did not jeopardize her work. June said that I had seen something in the unfolding events that no-one had realized before. Gibbs's strange requiem poem to his dead friend is well worth reading, as is his version, which I believe to be truthful, of the events that took place at Penllergare on the fateful day.
Location: Porth, Rhondda
Members: 10
Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2018
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Street Singers of the Valleys. Gwillym Pen Pwyll.
The one regret my father had while growing up in Dinas was that he did not pay much attention to the stories that were being told. The stories he did tell me were fascinating to the say the least,…Continue
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Unknown Stories from the Rhondda.
Ebenezer Chapel, pictured above before its demolition in the 1960s, was one of the…Continue
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Comment by Josh Edwards on June 3, 2016 at 6:04
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More will be left to the imagination. Thanks.
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Comment by Glyndwr Edwards on June 3, 2016 at 2:44
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The rest of the drawings are as good as I expected. Well done!
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They were good, weren't they. I will be accepting commissions soon. Saw a good film with Christopher Lee last week: Horror Hotel. Atmospheric tale of witches and Valentine Dyall in the cast. It shows what can be achieved on a small budget.
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I have seen the Master class paintings and they are excellent. More of the same for the Players when you are finished, Josh. All outlines are nearly completed. It is fascinating how something's change when you leave them for a few days.
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Good to hear from you. I thought you would be intrigued by that message. You would be better off delving into Robert Graves book"The White Goddess" as well. Devereux has some intriguing ideas. The Berwyn Mountain incident also comes into the reckoning.
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I have given thought to the suggestion for the huge backdrop, leaving it to the audience's imagination, as to what Wilbur Wright can actually see. It was a good idea to use paper cuts to show his growth from child to man in seconds.
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You are on to something with the religious revival in Wales in 1904. I was taken with the strange lights that appeared around Mary Jones whenever she preached. Someone suggested reading Paul Devereaux's book on earth lights. I will try to find a copy of the book.
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I saw the photographs of Tommy Farr and he put up a brilliant fight against Joe Louis. Farr did catch him in the eighth round. The crowd were not pleased when the decision was announced; the referee raised Farr's arm in error as the winner. There was little complaint from Farr afterwards.
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Your last remarks put me in mind of a good quotation, Josh. "Conscience doth make cowards of us all."
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I have been busy with my work. I did not see your reply until today. Glad we are in agreement. There was a good article in the Daily Mail today about the restoration work being carried out on the monument at Thiepval to the fallen of the Somme. 73,000 boys unaccounted for. It does not bear thinking about. I wonder what the faceless pygmies in Cardiff, London, and Brussels think of when they believe in a European dream that died on the battlefield that day?
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- Brook Cottage, Dinas.
- The Dinas Pals'1914.
- Death of Arthur Rees, Appletree, Dinas. 1908.
- Boot Inn, Dinas.
- Dinas Road before the clearance.
- The Prince of Orange pub, Dinas Road
- The Last houses to be demolished in Dinas.
- Inkerman Street, Dinas. "Concretes"
- Bethania Chapel, Dinas Road.
- Gwillym Pen Pwyll's"Ragamuffin Tales"
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