Entertainment & Arts
Anyone seeking a great, smothering bear hug of sloppy sentiment for the holidays may squirm in the bittersweet embrace of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” staged by the Grove Theatre Company.
Nov. 28, 1987
Movies
Since Welsh films surface on the average of once a decade, you hope that when one pops up it’s an occasion to cheer.
May 16, 1997
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Jan. 18, 2013
Although “one Christmas was so much like another” for Dylan Thomas in his youth, the Grove Shakespeare Festival’s sixth annual production of his famous story, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” has been so thoroughly revamped by first-time director Bud Leslie that it seems like a new show.
Dec. 3, 1991
For Gary Bell, who stars in the Laguna Playhouse production of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” the key to his role as Dylan Thomas has always been the story’s evocative prose.
Dec. 15, 1997
Sir Geraint Evans, the Welsh-born baritone who for three decades set the standard for the Falstaffs of the operatic world, died Sunday.
Sept. 22, 1992
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Oct. 10, 2011
The Grove-Shakespeare’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” appears to be as durable as the Dylan Thomas poetry that inspired it.
Nov. 30, 1992
When Bud Leslie took over last year as director of Grove-Shakespeare’s holiday chestnut, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” he talked about his wish to put more focus on the play’s language and its “Welshness.”
Nov. 28, 1992
Bud Leslie says his retooling of Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” the Grove Shakespeare Festival’s annual holiday show opening tonight at the Gem Theatre, was based on one question: “How do we make it more Welsh?”
Nov. 29, 1991