Theatre in Wales

Lewis Davies

We have information on 3 plays by Lewis Davies . Click on the play name to access any reviews in out archive. Click on the company's name to read their details on this web site

synopsis:
Spinning The Round Table takes the love triangle from the heart of the Arthurian Legend and sets it firmly in the cut-throat political world of the 21st Century. With his wife Gwen at his side, new President, Arthur has been swept to power on a wave of popularity, promising a new vision for the future. With First Minister Lawrence D’lac in place the new administration faces a barrage of media attention. Attempting to control the flow of information to the press is Director of Communication, Morgan Carter. But does Morgan have political ambitions of his own?
A story of love and betrayal set in the corridors of power.

synopsis:
Gripping and emotionally charged, the production explores the dilemmas facing two writers who have sought refuge in the fading glamour of a South of France coastal resort. The writers are D. H Lawrence and Rhys Davies, a Valleys-born writer who was greatly inspired by the challenge the older man made on the sexual and literary conventions of his day. A catalyst for their encounter is the volatile figure of Frieda Weekley, Lawrence’s wife and muse.


Sex and Power at the Beau Rivage has been researched and set in the real life hotel where the young novelist from the Welsh Valleys first encountered his volatile hero - and Frieda Weekley, his equally volatile wife. The play is a love triangle with a difference: a fusion of historical fact, literature, art and the antics of two men (and a woman) behaving badly.

Lewis Davies is a novelist as well as playwright and he is also publishing editor for Parthian who have recently reprinted A Human Condition, a collection of short stories by Rhys Davies. Born in the Clydach Vale, near Tonypandy, Rhys Davies published 40 books and was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 1968. His name lives on in the bi-annual Rhys Davies Award, a competition for short story writers living and working in Wales

synopsis:
Sean and George are mates. Sean has finally found a job. It's only delivering papers but it's a job and he wants to keep it. George has had a job for years, he looks after Sean.

Sarah is Sean's girlfriend. She's old enough to have a boyfriend now, she'll be twenty three next birthday. Sarah wants to go to London. Her mother and father used to go to London. Sarah's mother likes Sean. She is not too sure about George. A play about love friendship and delivering papers.

First performed by Made in Wales January 1998 with James Westaway , Dorien Thomas, Lowri Mae, Sharon Morgan and David Middleton. Directed by Jeff Teare.

'An understated, keenly observed work of compassion and delicacy. A fine first play.' The stage

Published in New Welsh Drama I Safar, Gulp, My Piece of Happiness Parthian 0952155877