Better Still the Night
Allegory of war. Three deserters hole up in a ruined castle. They are haunted by spectres of their own violence. Weird subterranean troglodytes emerge from the vaults to purge them of death, especially the ‘timor mortis conturbat me’ bit. All ends in a bloody mess, hardly surprising, being human.
Watch for the Drowned man
Set on Welsh Hill farms. Captain Owen, Squinting Howell and friends try to survive land-greed and gold-fever. Rape, madness, laughter and corpses: a typical Welsh mix, with a fantastic Last Supper at the end.
Tear-drops of the Sea-Dragon
Set in a cottage by the sea. A ruined poet returns home to visit his ruined friends – Aneurin of the phantom daughters, the sea-wrack Johnny Conch, and the broken diamond merchant, the dumb Tabor.
The Women of Pilleth
Contemporary play, set after the battle of Pilleth during the Middle Ages. Welsh women in frenzy rend the dead of both sides. Samhain and the mid-summer Furies are blamed. A Celtic Bacchae glossed over in Welsh annals - any bloody body’s annals, come to that.
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