Emlyn Williams
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George Emlyn Williams, CBE was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor.
Williams in 1974, portrait by Allan Warren
The Corn Is Green
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The Corn Is Green is a 1938 semi-autobiographical play by Welsh dramatist and actor Emlyn Williams. The play premiered in London at the Duchess Theatre in September 1938; with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and Williams himself portraying Morgan Evans, the West End production ran in all for 600 performances. The original Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and premiered at the National Theatre in November 1940, running for 477 performances.
U.S. first edition 1941
Ethel Barrymore in the original Broadway production of The Corn Is Green (1940)
Richard Waring and Ethel Barrymore in the Broadway production of The Corn Is Green (1940)
Edmund Breon and Thelma Schnee in the Broadway production of The Corn Is Green (1940)