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Corn is Green, The

  • Emlyn Williams
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 19th Century
  • 10M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573017384

In Emlyn Williams' beloved semi-autobiographical play, a determined teacher in rural North Wales strives to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write. Despite growing resistance from the community, she helps one young man, the unruly Morgan Evans, to forge a new future.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
One person can make all the difference.

Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write.

Lily soon spots talent in the unruly Morgan Evans, but when she faces growing resistance from the community, she does everything in her power to forge him a new future.

A revival of The Corn is Green was staged at the National Theatre in 2022, directed by Dominic Cooke and featuring Nicola Walker as the visionary Miss Moffat. 
REVIEWS:

"Undeniably artful, affecting and hugely entertaining."

 The Guardian

"It's that sense of voice, of education unlocking an ability to speak, that makes The Corn is Green such a powerful story."

 WhatsOnStage

"A tale of its time that can still seduce."

 The Times

Premiere Production:

The Corn Is Green was first presented by Stephen Mitchell at the Duchess Theatre, London, on 20 September 1938, with Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat and the playwright as Morgan Evans. The play opened on Broadway at the National Theatre on 26 November 1940. Directed by Herman Shumlin, the Broadway production starred Ethel Barrymore and Richard Waring. On 22 April 2022, a new production of The Corn Is Green opened at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre, London, featuring Nicola Walker and Iwan Davies.

Characters

  • Casting: 10M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras, Expandable casting

  • MR JOHN GORONWY JONES
    MISS RONBERRY
    IDWAL MORRIS
    THE SQUIRE
    BESSIE WATTY
    MRS WATTY
    MISS MOFFAT
    ROBBART ROBBATCH
    GLYN THOMAS
    WILL HUGHES
    JOHN OWEN
    MORGAN EVANS
    BOYS, GIRLS AND PARENTS

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    One person can make all the difference.

    Miss Lily Moffat arrives in rural North Wales, determined to help young local miners out of poverty by teaching them to read and write.

    Lily soon spots talent in the unruly Morgan Evans, but when she faces growing resistance from the community, she does everything in her power to forge him a new future.

    A revival of The Corn is Green was staged at the National Theatre in 2022, directed by Dominic Cooke and featuring Nicola Walker as the visionary Miss Moffat. 

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