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  Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Williams is a patronymic form of the name William, and is a common surname in Britain and nations with an English heritage.
Williams (energy company) is the name of an energy company.
Keller Williams, a folk/jam-band musician residing in Fredricksburg, Virginia.
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 Emlyn Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 Egobrowser: Emlyn Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emlyn Williams is the local yob who returns to his hated Welsh village in order to flood it for a new reservoir.
Emlyn Williams died on September 25, 1987 The possibilities for mobilizing the experience, imaginations, and intelligence of workers, both employed and.
Emlyn Williams is not too obscure these days; he was apparently a gifted actor as well as writer and playwright.
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 BBC - North East Wales - Hall of Fame
Biography: George Emlyn Williams was born in Mostyn, in Flintshire, writes contributor William I. Williams.
Williams acted in the unfinished Robert Graves' based 'I Claudius' (1937), later released as 'The Epic That Never Was', and he was the lead player in 'I Accuse' (1958), a biography of Emile Zola.
My grandmother recounted to me that throughout their joint lives, Emlyn Williams kept in regular touch with Grace Cook who was immensely proud of his achievements.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/arts/emlyn_williams.shtml   (1445 words)

  
 Rhys Williams at Reel Classics
Williams was originally brought in to work as a technical advisor and dialect coach on John Ford's masterpiece HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941) starring Maureen O'Hara, Walter Pidgeon, Donald Crisp, Sara Allgood, Anna Lee, and Roddy McDowall.
Williams plays Horace in the film, a friend of the Miniver family and an especially good friend of Gladys, their maid.
Adapted from Emlyn Williams' 1938 play about a devoted English schoolteacher in a poor Welsh mining town, Warner Bros. ' THE CORN IS GREEN (1945) starred Bette Davis alongside Rhys, Mildred Dunnock, Nigel Bruce, John Loder and Arthur Shields.
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 St Austell Players Night Must Fall Info Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
November 26th 2005 will be the centenary of the birth of Emlyn Williams - one of the best-loved and most famous theatrical all-rounders of his day: actor, playwright and director.
In the 1930s, at the age of twenty-nine, Emlyn Williams wrote the part of the psychologically disturbed Danny in 'Night Must Fall' for himself because he was dissatisfied with the roles he was being asked to perform.
George Emlyn Williams was born in Mostyn, Flintshire, Wales, on November 26th 1905, so in presenting Night Must Fall St Austell Players are pre-empting the celebration of his centenary next year.
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 Williams, Wendy Orlean --  Encyclopædia Britannica
U.S. comedian and actor Robin Williams was known for his rapid stream-of-consciousness comedy and wild improvisation.
The Welsh playwright and actor Emlyn Williams was the author of several highly effective, often macabre plays.
An exile for the sake of religious liberty, Roger Williams had to found a city and a colony before he could worship in his own way.
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 Emlyn Williams -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
George Emlyn Williams (November 26, 1905 - September 25, 1987) was a (A Celtic language of Wales) Welsh (Someone who writes plays) dramatist and actor.
In 1927, he joined a repertory company and began his stage career.
He often appeared in his own plays, and was famous for his one-man-show, with which he toured the world, playing (English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)) Charles Dickens in an evening of readings from Dickens' (A extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story) novels.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emlyn_williams.htm   (188 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Night Must Fall : Main
Emlyn Williams' theatrical horror piece Night Must Fall was filmed by MGM without the usua...
A tremendously effective screen translation of Emlyn Williams' psychological frightfest, Night Must Fall is a classic nail-biter that, despite the passage of time, is sti...
Emlyn Williams' theatrical horror piece Night Must Fall was filmed by MGM without the usual studio-imposed happy ending.
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 Emlyn Williams Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Also includes brochure from theatre production of Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens.
A very good copy with original fragile wrapper which is chipped and soiled.
Olive was especially obsessed with theatre and while playing in New York, Williams would train to Philadelphia and stay with her and Ada.
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 Williams, Emlyn --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Born on Nov. 26, 1905, in Mostyn, in northeastern Wales, George Emlyn Williams studied in Geneva, Switzerland, and at Christ Church, Oxford.
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 Someone Waiting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Corn Is Green is a sentimental, rather affecting triumph-of-the-spirit drama in which a schoolteacher in a Welsh mining community discovers a prodigy; Bette Davis played the role, memorably, in the movie version.
Night Must Fall is, I believe, more characteristic of his interests: it's a thriller about a sociopath (played by Williams himself on stage, and by Robert Montgomery and Albert Finney on screen) who, we realize fairly early on, plans to murder a helpless, wheelchair-bound old lady.
Williams wrote several plays of this stripe, including A Murder Is Arranged and Someone Waiting.
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 www.haroldpinter.org - Plays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
They are sound waves made man. Emlyn Williams speaks his opening lines with a newspaper up in front of his face and that obduction sets the pace for the most standstill performing we have seen outside the Palace Guards.
Except for a brief flurry of sexual body blows — Queensberry Rules — his wife (Alison Leggatt) is equally still; while the third of this rigid trio, a match-seller (Richard Briers), neither speaks, nor twists, nor lights a match, nor shows his face, nor offers a single projection for the length of the play.
In the train-load of young men now coming into the theatre, the superb Miss Craig is one of the very few young actresses fit to travel first-class in their company.
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 AllRefer.com - Emlyn Williams (English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Emlyn Williams (English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Emlyn Williams, English Literature, 20th Century To The Present, Biographies
As an actor he is noted for his interpretations of Charles Dickens and Dylan Thomas in one-man shows and of Pope Pius XII in Rolf Hochhuth's play The Deputy (1964).
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 Williams, Eleazar --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Born in 1788 in New York state to Tehoragwanegen, also known as Thomas Williams, and Mary Rice Williams, Eleazar grew up outside Montreal.
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His mother was Roman Catholic, but in 1800 Eleazar was sent to study with Nathaniel Ely for Episcopal studies in Massachusetts.
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 Williams, (George) Emlyn
He was also acclaimed for his solo performance as the author Charles Dickens.
Williams gave early encouragement to the actor Richard Burton.
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 Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales): Far-sighted teacher propelled boy from humble life to national fame; Retrospective Wales ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Far-sighted teacher propelled boy from humble life to national fame; Retrospective Wales EMLYN WILLIAMS: Actor and playwright owed his start in life to his school's senior mistress.(Features)
Emlyn Williams, who died 14 years ago today on September 25, 1987, rose from humble beginnings in North Wales to study beneath Oxford's dreaming spires and then tread the stages of the world.
Born in Mostyn, Flintshire, in November 1905, George Emlyn Williams was the son of a Liverpool housemaid and an itinerant former stoker on a trans-Atlantic liner.
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 Collectors Post - Browse Theatre, Cinema and TV
Emlyn Williams, Thomas Gomez, George Rose, Albert Dekker, William Redfield, Carol Goodner, Douglas Watson, Faye Dunaway, Sarah Burton
This very successful play about the life and death of Sir Thomas Moore, had Emlyn Williams in the main role.
There is a b/w photo of Williams on the front cover.
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 Emlyn Williams @ Filmbug
Emlyn Williams (November 26, 1905 - September 25, 1987) was a Welsh dramatist and actor.
Tell us what you think of Emlyn Williams in the Filmbug forum...
Find more details on the Emlyn Williams Movies page
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 Williams (1973) Emlyn; an early autobiography: 1927-1935; a sequel to George, 1905-1927
Williams (1973) Emlyn; an early autobiography: 1927-1935; a sequel to George, 1905-1927
Emlyn; an early autobiography: 1927-1935; a sequel to George, 1905-1927
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 BBC - North East Wales - Fun - Emlyn Williams
Born in Mostyn, Flintshire, Emlyn Williams found fame as a writer with works such as 'The Corn is Green'; and 'Night Must Fall'; among his best known works.
To be in with a chance of winning a copy of 'Emlyn Williams: the making of a dramatist'; by Russell Stephens, published by Seren, answer the following question.
Q: Name street in Denbigh which is featured in a series of photos of Silver Jublilee celebrations.
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 Collectors Post - Browse Theatre, Cinema and TV
Emlyn WILLIAMS - 'THE WIND OF HEAVEN' (1st edition - with d/w)
The play was first presented at the St. James's Theatre (London) on April 12, 1945.
Emlyn Williams starred in & directed the play.
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 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : The Corn Is Green : Main
Welsh-born writer Emlyn Williams' 1938 play The Corn is Green originally starred Ethel Bar...
Welsh-born writer Emlyn Williams' 1938 play The Corn is Green originally starred Ethel Barrymore as L.C. Moffat, the strong-willed schoolteacher under whose guidance the...
Welsh-born writer Emlyn Williams' 1938 play The Corn is Green originally starred Ethel Barrymore as L.C. Moffat, the strong-willed schoolteacher under whose guidance the illiterate Welsh teenager Morgan Evans matriculates as an honor student.
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 Daily Post (Liverpool, England): Arts Dairy: Williams comedy opens new season; Philip Key talks to Ian Saynor about a ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Arts Dairy: Williams comedy opens new season; Philip Key talks to Ian Saynor about a new Emlyn Williams production.(Features)
EMLYN WILLIAMS was one of the region's greatest writers, born just over the Wirral border in North Wales he was a playwright who unusually made his name by appearing in his own plays.
His first great appearance was in 1935 in his play Night Must Fall as the maniacal Danny, suspected of carrying around a severed head in a hatbox.
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 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Emlyn Williams: MAIN
Welsh-born Emlyn Williams might very well have followed his family and friends into a lifetime in the coal mines, but he was inspired to more...
Emlyn Williams (Picture courtesy of Mold Reference Library)...
Biography: George Emlyn Williams was born in Mostyn, in Flintshire, writes contributor...
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 Movie Database - [TV Guide Online]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emlyn Williams, playing a dual role as both the murderous schoolmaster and a suave French loan shark, entices her to his rooms, where he kills her and has another woman don the corpse's clothing to collect the winnings.
With the law on his trail, and two more murders under his belt, he later commits suicide.
Emlyn Williams (based on the novel The Norwich Victims by Francis Beeding)
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 S4C - Award Winning Films for Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emlyn Williams was born in 1949 and brought up in the village of Llanbedrog on the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales.
Educated at Liverpool and Coventry Schools of Art, he began his career in the cutting rooms, and after working as a film editor in Leeds, London and Birmingham, he eventually returned to his native Wales.
His credits include Jabas, Ewyllys Dda, Gwynfyd, O.M., Teulu, Tair Chwaer and his latest film Oed yr Addewid.
www.s4c.co.uk /festivals/e_emlynwilliams.shtml   (101 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Emlyn Williams
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Night Must Fall is a play, a psychological thriller, by Emlyn Williams, first performed in 1935.
The Corn is Green (1938) is a semi-autobiographical play by Welsh writer Emlyn Williams.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Emlyn-Williams   (549 words)

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