It would probably be very interesting to anyone related to Emlyn
Williams! His real name was George Emlyn Williams, and as well as a
number of plays, he wrote two volumes of autobiography and a book about
the Moors Murderers, "Beyond Belief". The autobiographies, "George"
and
"Emlyn", are very well written and readable, and the earlier one,
"George", which takes him up to the age of 21, is a wonderful view into
what it was like growing up in North Wales at that time. I would
strongly recommend this book to any Welsh genealogist, especially if,
like me, your ancestors in Wales are more than a generation away. I see
the Welsh Academic Press have issued the two autobiographies in one
volume, but I can't reach the website for it to give more details.
"The Corn is Green" obviously has strong autobiographical connections,
even though the village school where it is set is completely different
from the County School (Holywell?) which Williams attended.
Best wishes,
Ann
JAMES NORRIS wrote:
Hello again,
It wasn't a novel. It was a play by Emlyn Williams, son of a Flintshire ironmonger,
actor and playwright of distinction who won a scholarship to Oxford, but never to my
knowledge ever had to go down the mine. Enough, except to say that family history it
isn't.
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Ann Macdonald Watt
Edinburgh
Scotland
email: ann(a)met.ed.ac.uk
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