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Gwynne Edwards

GWYNNE EDWARDS

  
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Gwynne Edwards is a specialist in Spanish Theatre and cinema, until recently Professor of Spanish at the University of Wales, aberystwyth. His books include: Lorca: the Theatre Beneath the Sand; Lorca: Living in the Theatre; Dramatists in Perspective: Spanish Theatre in the Twentieth Century; the Discreet art of Luis Bunuel; a Companion to Luis Bunuel; and almodovar: Labyrinths of Passion. He has also translated and adapted more than forty plays from Spanish, French and Italian, many of which have been staged at major Theatres in Britain and the United States. He has published three collections of Lorca plays with Methuen Drama, together with student editions of Blood Wedding and the House of Bernarda alba, and also collections of seventeenth-century Spanish and contemporary Spanish-American plays. Other recent works include two plays adapted from the correspondence and prose writings of Dylan Thomas.

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         Antigone         Blood Wedding         Burning the Curtain         Burton         Buster Keaton's Spin         Butterfly's Evil Spell, The         Chunga         Clown in the Moon         Dark River         Diatribe of Love         Dona Rosita the Spinster Or the Language Of Flowers         Dylan Thomas' Clowin in the Moon         Dylan Thomas in America         Dylan Thomas In London         House Of Bernarda Alba, The         Inkwell         Life Is A Dream         Lorca Festival         Marina Pineda         Medea In the Mirror         Paper Flowers         Pity of War, The         Play Without A Title         Punishment Without. . .         Puppet Play Of Don Cristobal         Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife, The         Sommer 14: A Dance of Death         Surgeon Of Honour, The         Three Judgements In One         Trickster Of Seville         Trio         When Five Years Pass         Where Does the Laughter Come From?         Yerma
Antigone

Synopsis:
Two brothers, Polyneikes and Eteocles, fight for the crown of Thebes. They kill each other. The rule is strict and clear: whoever dares to bury Polyneikes will be punished with death. Antigone cannot accept the laws that leave one of her brothers unburied and humiliated. State against Ideals, a young woman against a monarch, the whole town, us, inside the arena. How do you get a diamond out of a stone? 'I was born to love, not hate', states Antigone. And there is always a cost for it.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Sophocles

1st Produced:
Riverside, London >>>     11 Mar 1998

Organisations:
Forbidden Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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adaptation

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Blood Wedding

Synopsis:
a young couple from rival clans plans to marry, much to the distress of the bridegroom's mother whose husband and other son have previously been murdered through clan rivalry. as the wedding day draws nearer the tension mounts and after the bride meets and elopes with former lover Leonardo, who is also married, the bridegroom's mother is caught in a dilEmma of conscience, wondering whether she should cry for vengeance and bloodshed or protect the life of her remaining son. In a violent ambush Leonardo and the bridegroom are killed leaving the bridegroom's mother, the bride and Leonardo's wife united in their grief.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
Mercury, Colchester     2001

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

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Male:  9            Female:  11            Other:  -

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Burning the Curtain

Synopsis:
Michael Kelligan returns with his On The Edge project of script-held performances of new and well known plays from Wales under the title The Great and The Good. Burning The Curtain A new comedy from Gwynne Edwards, the translator of Lorca's The Houses of Bernada Alba, the first production from Theatr Pena at The Riverfront in 2009 Horror, violence, bombings and torture - All during a rehearsal of A Midsummer Nights Dream in which you might find yourself taking part!

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Newport: The Riverfront     28 Apr 2011

Organisations:
On The Edge

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

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Burton

Synopsis:
Vividly presenting the life of the great Welsh actor from humble beginnings to Hollywood megastar. Beautiful women (not least Liz Taylor), alcohol, wealth, stage and screen are threads woven into this sad, happy, exuberant, often hilarious one-man show.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Venue 13 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)     2009

Organisations:
Miles Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Biographical

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Buster Keaton's Spin

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

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Organisations:
Ragazzi Theatre Co.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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adaptation

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Butterfly's Evil Spell, The

Synopsis:
written in verse this tale of love is highly stylised piece, an excellent example of avant garde theatre

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    

Music:
-

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adaptation

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Chunga

Synopsis:
Set in Peru in the Fifties. Self-styled 'superstuds' are whiling away the hours over endless drinking and games of dice in the infamous 'Chunga's Bar'. The arrival of the beautiful Meche exposes their innermost desires and dreams until even the impervious bar owner, La Chunga herself, falls under the enigmatic beauty's spell.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Mario Vargas Llosa

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Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

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Clown in the Moon

Synopsis:
set in a BBC studio and covers some of Dylan Thomas' most famous broadcasts and clownish antics

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Swansea Grand Theatre     02 Nov 2011

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
one man show

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dark River

Synopsis:
London the present day. Two ambitious lawyers, Irfan and Nina, prepare for their wedding day and a dream honeymoon. But despite herself, the normally level-headed Nina has become passionately drawn to Irfan's enigmatic cousin who has flown in for the big day. Does he hold the key to the visions which haunt her? Those nightmares in which she and a nameless stranger are running for their lives towards a river of blood. . .Soon Nina is caught up in a chain of events which began long before she was born and one that is destined to end in tragedy.

Notes:
Based on 'Blood Wedding' by Federico Garcia Lorca. The Asian ensemble do Lorca's classic.

1st Produced:
Reading: South Street Arts Centre     24 Apr 1999

Organisations:
Big Picture Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

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Diatribe of Love

Synopsis:
On the eve of lavish celebrations to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary, Graciela reflects on the events of her married life and resolves to take revenge upon her powerful, wealthy, philandering husband. Based on the writings of one of the world's greatest living authors, Nobel Prize-winner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Diatribe of Love Against A Seated Man takes you on a journey from the heart of the Caribbean to a Paris snowstorm and a stage strewn with roses.

Notes:
translated from work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Linda Marlowe Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Dona Rosita the Spinster Or the Language Of Flowers

Synopsis:
social Drama set in Granada circa 1900 recording Rositas bitter humiliation concerning her single status

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

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Organisations:
-

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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  12            Other:  -

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Dylan Thomas' Clowin in the Moon

Synopsis:
Clown in the Moon, (the title of a poem written when Dylan Thomas was 14), is a portrait of the poet's chaotic, often hilarious and all too brief life. Located in a BBC studio, it sets some of Dylan's famous broadcasts and iconic works alongside vivid reminiscences of his clownish antics in pubs, bars and parties and his encounters with a host of eccentric and volatile women.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Grand Theatre, Swansea     02 Nov 2100

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
biographical play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dylan Thomas in America

Synopsis:
Wedi'i haddasu o lythyrau yr anfonodd Dylan i Gymru o America, dyma gyfle arall i weld y ddrama nodedig a difrifol-ddwys hon sydd yn dilyn bywyd bardd wrth iddo frwydro yn erbyn ei ellyllon personol yn Efrog Newydd cyn ei farwolaeth ym 1953.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Amulet Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Dylan Thomas In London

Synopsis:
adapted from Thomas' words by Gwynne Edwards, an amusing look at Dylan among 1930/40s Soho characters like augustus John and edith Sitwell.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Fluellen Theatre Company In association With the Dylan Thomas Centre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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House Of Bernarda Alba, The

Synopsis:
The House of Bernarda Alba follows the plight of the widow Bernarda. After her husband's death, she locks the doors and windows against the world and imposes a strict period of mourning on her five daughters. Under the shadow of the church and the rules of society, the women conflict and spiral into emotional chaos.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:

Organisations:
theatr pena

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Inkwell

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Ragazzi Theatre Co.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
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Life Is A Dream

Life Is A Dream
set in Poland it tells the story of Segismundo, imprisoned in a tower from birth by his father, Jking Basilo, on account of omens predicting disaster

Notes:
Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Calderon De La Barca, Pedro, Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1991   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  2            Other:  extras

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Lorca Festival

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
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Marina Pineda

Synopsis:
Written in 1927, Mariana Pineda is Lorca's second play and is based on the true story of the anti-royalist conspirator Mariana Pineda, who was executed in 1831. The play is a haunting and lyrical homage to the romance of the writer's native Andalucia, and to the courage of an extraordinary woman. A fascinating insight into Lorca's early work.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
contained in "Lorca Plays Volume Three" published by Methuen, 1994   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

Parts:
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Medea In the Mirror

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jose Triana

1st Produced:
Brixton Shaw, London     1996

Organisations:
Talawa Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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adaptation

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Paper Flowers

Synopsis:
A middle-class, middle-aged woman invites a drifter into her home. Power-struggles ensue. Tango and desire combine in this suspenseful play from 1970s Chile. Paper Flowers is a lyrical analysis of the differences in styles of life of the poor and the affluent middle classes. It examines the different approaches to life and death, survival, sentimentality, pity, reality and wishful thinking.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Egon Wolff

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pity of War, The

Synopsis:
A season of script-in-hand performances of plays by great and new Welsh writers and writers living in Wales. Poems and reflective narrative from the young soldier/poet

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
script in hand

Parts:
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Play Without A Title

Synopsis:
a blurring of what happens on stage and in the audience

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
contained in "Lorca Plays Volume Three" published by Methuen, 1994   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation One act

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Punishment Without. . .

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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Genre:
translation

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Puppet Play Of Don Cristobal

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
One act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Shoemaker's Wonderful Wife, The

Synopsis:
subtitled 'a violent farce in two acts' wife chats up young men, wife vows fidelity, suitors stab each other outside

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Sommer 14: A Dance of Death

Sommer 14: A Dance of Death
Wars do not break out, they are not brokered or declared as is always written. They are brought about by those who desire them.' In June 1914, Europe was enjoying unprecedented peace and prosperity. Little over a month later, the world was at war - and only a handful of people knew it was happening. Inspired by the medieval mystery plays Sommer 14 - A Dance of Death is an epic telling from a German and European perspective of the world's descent into war. Employing the character of Death as a guide, the play uses the classic Danse Macabre structure of a series of searing vignettes to illuminate the people and the events that led up to the outbreak of the First World War.

Notes:
Original Playwright - Rolf Hochhuth. In a free adaptation by Gwynne Edwards with additional material by Mhairi Grealis from a literal transation by Jennifer Bakst. first performance: 18 Feb 1990 at the Burgtheater (Akadenietheater) Vienna, Austria

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Organisations:
-

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Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation and world premiere in English

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

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Surgeon Of Honour, The

Surgeon Of Honour, The
the subject of honour looms large with the protagonist obsessed with the need to preserve his honour and reputation

Notes:
Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca

1st Produced:
Southwark Playhouse, London     1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Calderon De La Barca, Pedro, Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1991   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Three Judgements In One

Three Judgements In One
the outlaws capture the Kings ambassador, whither honour now?

Notes:
Original Playwright - Pedro Calderon De La Barca

1st Produced:
Unproduced    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in "Calderon De La Barca, Pedro, Plays: One" Methuen, London, 1991   

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Trickster Of Seville

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Original Playwright - Tirso de Molina

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
aris and Phillips,    

Music:
-

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Trio

Synopsis:
Sick with nostalgia, drag artist Adoracion returns to Havana from Miami to ask his nephew Ismael for a final favour. But both Ismael and Havana have changed beyond recognition and Ismael's lover Isaac is not the only obstacle to Adoracion's wishes.

Notes:
Cuba Real: Trio - International Playwrights Season 2004 - A Genesis Project. Translated from work by Norge Espinosa Mendoza

1st Produced:

Organisations:
On The Edge

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

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translation

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When Five Years Pass

Synopsis:
dreams are mixed with reality, characters and events are presented in no particular order and there is no definable plot

Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, London,    

Music:
-

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Where Does the Laughter Come From?

Synopsis:
tells the story of the true voice of the english-speaking valleys', Gwyn Thomas. a native of the Rhondda, Thomas struggled to establish himself during the 1930s depression, and became a schoolteacher for 20 years before fulfilling his ambitions as a full-time writer and broadcaster.

Notes:
part of On the edge

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Yerma

Synopsis:
Yerma (meaning 'Barren') is one of three tragic plays about peasants and rural life that make up Lorca's 'rural trilogy'. It is possibly Lorca's harshest play following a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. the woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime at the end of the play.

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Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca

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