Roger Williams (playwright)
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Roger Williams (born in 1974 at Newport, 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 was raised in Carmarthen, west Wales. 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)
- "Kapow!" (2006)
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 has also written episodes of "Hollyoaks" (Channel 4), "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (BBC), "The Bench" (BBC Wales), "Citizens!" (BBC Wales) and many episodes of the daily Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm which is broadcast on S4C. In 2006 he became the lead writer of S4C's popular new drama series "Caerdydd".
