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Cerys Elizabeth Matthews MBE (/ ˈ k ɛr ɪ s /; born 11 April 1969) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, author, and broadcaster. She was a founding member of Welsh rock band Catatonia and a leading figure in the " Cool Cymru " movement of the late 1990s.
The choice of location caused protest from some in Laugharne, the town forty miles away (60 km) where Thomas had written the play; an official there said, "To film Under Milk Wood anywhere but Laugharne would be as absurd as filming James Joyce's The Dubliners in Birmingham." [6] Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge was the film's production researcher.
The Coach & Horses in Tenby, where Thomas is reputed to have been so drunk that he left his manuscript to Under Milk Wood on a stool. In 1931, the 17-year-old Thomas created a piece for the Swansea Grammar School magazine that included a conversation of Milk Wood stylings, between Mussolini and Wife, similar to those between Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard and her two husbands that would later be found ...
London’s National Theatre is set to reopen two of its three venues in June after all U.K. indoor entertainment venues were forced to close in 2020 due to the pandemic. “After Life,” based on ...
Books chosen by the guests are Untamed by Glennon Doyle (Angela Scanlon), Natives by Akala , Utz by Bruce Chatwin and Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas (Cerys Matthews). The new book from 2023 is Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan, and the Eurovision-inspired book is Burial Rites ( 2013 ) by Hannah Kent , which is set in Iceland .
The story that Catatonia were formed after Mark Roberts spotted Cerys Matthews busking in Cardiff in 1992 was an invention for the media in order to give the band a newsworthy biography. While the duo did go busking, they did not meet this way.
Under Milk Wood (Welsh version: Dan y Wenallt) is a 2015 Welsh drama film based on the radio drama of the same name by Dylan Thomas. It is adapted and directed by Kevin Allen. The narrator is Rhys Ifans. The film was selected as the British entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but not nominated.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album of Welsh alternative rock band Catatonia's best known songs, mainly the singles, but also includes collaborations between Cerys Matthews with Space (on "The Ballad of Tom Jones") and with Tom Jones himself (on "Baby, It's Cold Outside"). The album was released as a 1CD and 2CD limited edition.