Rays of Darkness

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Autobiographical drama from Gwyneth Lewis, the former National Poet of Wales, about how her experience of chronic migraine led her to seek the companionship of a long-dead writer, Margiad Evans. Evans' outstanding, but largely unknown memoirs, A Ray of Darkness (1952) and The Nightingale Silenced (1954) formed the first serious portrayal of epilepsy since Dostoevsky's The Idiot, and offer an invaluable insight into the condition. This lyrical drama shows two writers, in different circumstances, making the best of their work, in the shadow of their respective illnesses. G.....Eiry Thomas Migraine.....Sharon Morgan Margiad.....Clare Corbett Leighton.....Richard Elfyn Dr Golla.....Sam Dale Doctor.....Sam Swann Poems read by Gwyneth Lewis and published by Bloodaxe Margiad Evans' A Ray of Darkness and The Nightingale Silenced published by Honno Production Co-ordinator.....Eleri McAuliffe Sound Designer.....Rhys Morris Directed by Emma Harding for BBC Audio Drama Wales