Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Crawley, Robert.

Description

1. .25 lin. ft. (1 box).

Summary

1. The Emlyn Williams papers consist of correspondence, clippings, photographs, and various materials relating to the one-person show in which Williams portrayed Charles Dickens.

Subject

1. Motion pictures > United States
2. Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987
3. King Ralph (Motion Picture)
4. Theater > United States
5. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 > Drama

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1993-026

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. Walters, Corey (?)

Biography (note)

1. Emlyn Williams was an actor, director, novelist, essayist, and playwright best known for NIGHT MUST FALL and THE CORN IS GREEN.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987.

Title

1. Emlyn Williams papers, 1941-1986.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. Emlyn Williams was an actor, director, novelist, essayist, and playwright best known for NIGHT MUST FALL and THE CORN IS GREEN. Born in 1905 in Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, where most of his family and friends mined coal, Emlyn Williams was inspired by a sympathetic teacher to pursue a theatrical and literary career. He acted in many plays and films, and also directed the movie THE LAST DAYS OF DOLWYN (1949) which marked the film debut of his fellow Welshman Richard Burton. From the early 1950s onward Williams toured in a one-person show in which he portrayed Charles Dickens. In his last years Williams was involved in setting up a film version of his novel HEADLONG. Emlyn Williams died on Sep. 25, 1987, at the age of 81.

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1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Crawley, Robert.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1993-026