Roger Williams (playwright)
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Roger Williams (born in 1974 at Carmarthen, Wales) is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter working in both English and Welsh. His work often examines aspects of modern Welsh life, such as the place of minority languages, the plight of declining industrial communities and the Cardiff gay scene.
He graduated in 1995 from the University of Warwick with a degree in English and American Literature.
His theatre work includes:
- Surfing Carmarthen Bay (1995)
- Love in Aberdare (1997)
- Gulp! (1997)
- Calon Lân (1997)
- Saturday Night Forever (1998)
- Killing Kangaroos (1999)
- Pop (2000)
- Y Byd - a'i Brawd (2004)
- Me, a Giant (2005)
- Mother Tongue (2005)
In 2002, his work Tales from the Pleasure Beach, screened on BBC Two, was nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Best Drama Series category. He also writes for the popular Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm which is broadcast on S4C.
