National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green
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.
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"If I say any more, I shall start to cry" Nicola Walker's moving performance in The Corn is Green
Introducing Welsh dramatist Emlyn Williams and The Corn is Green
Nicola Walker returns to the National Theatre for The Corn is Green
Cast
Nicola Walker
Miss Moffat
Saffron Coomber
Bessie Watty
Gareth David-Lloyd
Emlyn Williams
Gwion Glyn
Idwal Morris
Gareth Kennerley
Miner
Richard Lynch
Mr John Goronwy Jones
Jo McInnes
Mrs Watty
Alice Orr-Ewing
Miss Ronberry
Rufus Wright
The Squire
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