The Corn is Green

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Event The Corn is Green
Venue Independent Theatre (1939-1977), North Sydney, NSW
First Date 13 April 1940
Opening Date 13 April 1940
Last Date 15 May 1940
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description A semi-autobiographical play by Emlyn Williams.
At its core is L. C. Moffat, a strong-willed English school teacher working in a poverty-stricken coal mining village in late 19th century Wales. Moffat struggles to win the local Welsh miners over to her English ways, and an illiterate teenager by the name of Morgan Evans eventually graduates with honours.
The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in 1938 with Williams portraying Morgan Evans.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Autobiographical
Subjects Education
Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Kenneth Bailey Actor
Bruce Beeby Actor
John Breen Actor
Audrey Cunningham Actor Bessie Watty
Ethel Gabriel Actor Mrs Watty
Mary Hosking Actor Miss Moffatt
Sumner Locke Elliott Actor Morgan Evans
Frank Monckton Actor
Frederick Munro Actor
Thomas Parramore Actor village squire
Haydee Seldon Actor
Edgar Yardley Actor John Goronwy Jones
Michael Yardley Actor
Roberta Yardley Actor
Emlyn Williams Playwright
Doris Fitton Producer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Wales
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information The complete cast was not entered. Closing date sourced from programme for 'Our Town'.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 12756