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One-Man Shows (D1ckens, Thomas, Saki)


This topic is for discussing any of the one-man shows in which Emlyn Williams performed the works of Charles D1ckens, Dylan Thomas, and Saki.

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"It's all rather stylish and pretty and rather worrying" --Timothy Spall on his costume in Sweeney Todd

"He must have been fun." --Emlyn Williams (liner notes from "Emlyn Williams as Dylan Thomas in 'A Boy Growing Up'")
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Williams rescues Thomas from obscurity!


I just came across the name of Emlyn Williams in the most unexpected place and wanted to share this before I return the book to the library. I was reading a collection of ghost stories entitled Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985). The editor, Marvin Kaye, selected all the tales and includes a short introduction for each. Here's what he said about "The Tree" by Dylan Thomas:

"Dylan Thomas (1914-53), the great Welsh poet, wrote a number of less familiar prose pieces, many of them rescued from obscurity by his compatriot, Emlyn Williams, who reads Thomas superbly in his one-man show and on discs. 'The Tree' comes from Thomas' collection, Adventures in the Skin Trade."

The book also includes a story called "The Easter Egg" by Saki but Kaye doesn't mention Emlyn. But if you're interested in a quick primer on Saki, here's what he does say:

" 'Saki' was the pen-name of Hector Hugh Munro, who took the name from one of Omar's Persian quatrains. Born in Burma in 1870, Munro spent his earlier years traveling and in 1893 joined the Burmese military police, but his ill health (malaria) forced him to resign and settle in England. There he began his career as a journalist and author of such deliciously satirical novels as The Unbearable Bassington and tales like 'The She-Wolf' and other sometimes humorous, sometimes horrifying works of fiction. 'The Easter Egg' is an understated example of the latter. 'Saki' died in 1915 during World War I."

I didn't care for "The Easter Egg" myself (a little too disturbing), but I also just read one in another ghost-story collection called "The Open Window," which was great (my first exposure to Saki). Made me understand right away why Emlyn Williams was a fan of his.

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"It's all rather stylish and pretty and rather worrying" --Timothy Spall on his costume in Sweeney Todd

"He must have been fun." --Emlyn Williams (liner notes from "Emlyn Williams as Dylan Thomas in 'A Boy Growing Up'")
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