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National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green

2022 · 2h 21m · Drama

One person can make all the difference. 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.

Nicola Walker

Miss Moffat

Adam Baker

Glyn Thomas

Saffron Coomber

Bessie Watty

Gareth David-Lloyd

Emlyn Williams

Iwan Davies

Morgan Evans

Sion Emlyn

Will Hughes

Ben Francis

Singer

Gwion Glyn

Idwal Morris

Megan Grech

Ensemble

Matthew Hargreaves

Singer

Jonathan Hawkins

John Owen

Steffan Hughes

Singer

John Ieuan Jones

Singer

Gareth Kennerley

Miner

Richard Lynch

Mr John Goronwy Jones

Jo McInnes

Mrs Watty

• Dominic CookeDirector
• Emlyn WilliamsWriter

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

Release date

April 12, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 21m

Genres

Drama

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