Emlyn Williams

George Emlyn Williams (November 26, 1905 - September 25, 1987) was a Welsh dramatist and actor. He was born into a working-class family in Mostyn,Flintshire, Wales, but won a scholarship to Christ Church College, Oxford. In 1927, he joined a repertory company and began his stage career. By 1930, he had branched out into writing, and his first major success was with the thriller, Night Must Fall (1935), which was later made into a film. His other great play was very different: The Corn is Green (1938). He often appeared in his own plays, and was famous for his one-man-show, with which he toured the world, playing Charles Dickens in an evening of readings from Dickens' novels. His autobiography, in the volumes George (1961) and Emlyn (1973), was also highly successful. His novel Headlong was the basis of the film King Ralph but little of the characters or story survived the transition to the screen.

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November 26 - 1905 - September 25 - 1987 - Welsh - Dramatist - Mostyn - Flintshire - Christ Church College, Oxford - 1927 - Night Must Fall - 1935 - The Corn is Green - 1938 - Charles Dickens - Novel - 1961 - 1973 - Headlong - King Ralph

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He died at 81 in Britain of complications from cancer.

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