"If I say any more, I shall start to cry" Nicola Walker's moving performance in The Corn is Green

One person can make all the difference. Miss Lily Moffatt has invested two valuable years of her time and energy in supporting young Welsh miner Morgan Evans. Nicola Walker (The Split, Spooks) features in our revival of The Corn is Green 7 Apr-11 Jun 2022: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/sh...
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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.

Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical play, is given a bold new staging by director Dominic Cooke (The Normal Heart, Follies) in its first London revival for 35 years.

Filmed in rehearsals at the National Theatre in March 2022.
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