... new mediums and today we can enjoy storytelling in many formats. Explore our list of Welsh writers to find DylanThomas, Alexander Cordell, Craig Thomas, Dick Francis, Bertrand Russell, Ian Hislop and ...
DylanThomas
Poet, author of 'Under Milkwood' drunk genius with unpleasant character (Swansea Jack?). Died in America.
Connection: From Swansea.
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Caitlin Thomas
A wonderful writer. 'Leftover Life to Kill' is a phenomenal work.
Connection: She was Welsh and married to some bloke called Dylan Thomas.
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Rachel Thomas OBE (10 February 1905 – 8 February 1995) was a Welsh character actress born in the village of Alltwen, near Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley, Glamorgan. Raised by her aunt and uncle, she ...
... played Mr. Pugh in Andrew Sinclair's 1972 film adaptation of DylanThomas's Under Milk Wood, alongside Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole. He died of a heart attack in Cardiff on 4 November ...
... Milk Wood (1972): A whimsical adaptation of DylanThomas' play, featuring a star-studded cast.
Later Career:
The Ref (1994): A dark comedy where she plays a sharp-tongued ...
... my beloved father, resting in eternal peace... 🏴 “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” DylanThomas pic.twitter.com/LbOegtGa9b — Anthony Hopkins (@AnthonyHopkins) April 25, 2021
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Idris Davies
Known for his anthology of poetry, especially 'Gwalia Deserta'. He chronicled life in Wales during the 'depression'. Also, a drinking partner (when they came to Rhymney) of a young DylanThomas ...
... He had the most amazing study- filled with books, not only his own but DylanThomas and co. He was a lovely man and very generous. Above all else he was a great lover of Wales and his heritage. Also, we ...
Vernon Watkins
Poetry. Ballad of Mari Lwyd (1941), Death Bell (1954), and Affinities (1962).
Connection: Born in Maesteg in 1907 and lived on Gower.
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... DylanThomas and Richard Burton were also from England.
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... of DylanThomas and Vernon Watkins. Last known as Prof. of Art, Dulwich College, London UK. Has had exhibits in Tate Gallery in London.
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Richard Davies was born Dennis Wilfred Davies on 25 January 1926 in Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, the son of a railway guard. He went on to become one of the most familiar Welsh character actors ...
Richard Walter Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 at 2 Dan-y-bont, Pontrhydyfen, a small mining village in the Afan Valley of West Glamorgan. He was the twelfth of thirteen ...
Sir Anthony Hopkins
Actor From Port Talbot, Wales
A master of the theatrical crafts Sir Anthony Hopkins now lives in America, at the heart of the film industry.
Stage and screen, featured in films ...
Nerys Hughes was born on 8 November 1941 in Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her parents, Myfi and Ted Kerfoot-Hughes, raised her as a Methodist, and she attended Howell's School in Denbigh, where she developed an ...
William Herbert Ingram, widely known as Billy or Bill Ingram, was born in 1930 in Resolven, Glamorgan. Six years later his family moved to Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, where he attended Ogmore Grammar School. ...
... of the Welsh poet DylanThomas. Sewell grew up attending Orleans Park School in Twickenham before training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, but Laugharne became, and remained, ...
... EastEnders and The Bill. In 2016 she appeared in the film Florence Foster Jenkins.
Her one clear point of contact with Wales, as noted by an early visitor to this site, is an audio recording of Dylan ...
... work included the 1972 screen adaptation of DylanThomas's Under Milk Wood, in which she played Lily Smalls, and later roles in The Duellists (1977), Gosford Park (2001), Love Actually (2003), Vanity Fair ...