EXHIBITION The first time all the original Mabinogi manuscripts have been in one place. Now on display at the Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. http://www.llgc.org.uk/visit/things-to-do/exhibitions0/4-books/ (Normally the Llyfr Coch is kept in Oxford but it has been lent for this exhibition. The Llyfr Gwyn is not in this special … Read more
Sioned Davies ‘Performing the Mabinogion’ 17 July at Chapter Arts, Cardiff. FREE. A workshop for storytellers with Sioned Davies, Translator of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of the Mabinogion, 2007. The workshop will be held through the medium of English and will include: a very brief introduction to the Mabinogion and to the medieval Welsh … Read more
Sioned Davies ‘Perfoming the Mabinogi’ at Aberporth, 2010. Retreat for storytellers under the auspices of Ty Newydd Writer’s Centre.<
In 2008 Manon Eames presented a miraculous stage version of the full Mabinogi in Aberystwyth. (My report here, with link to some photos) The following year Jill Williams presented a slightly adapted version perfomed at the Pontardawe Arts centre by her own stage school Class Act. Like the original, the acting team were all very … Read more
Manon Eames produced a truly magnificent performance of the Mabinogi, performed by the National Youth Theatre at Aberystwyth in 2008. The entire world of the Four Branches is brought to full, enchanted life, on stage. A perfection of Mabinogi. A powerful and dramatically effective structure employed is a chorus (as in Greek plays), so that … Read more
Original Welsh source texts, i.e. manuscript text, sometimes with variants from several manuscripts. Includes Llyfr Gwyn, Llyfr Coch, and the Peniarth fragments. Searching allows you to locate where particular words are used in any or all of the manuscripts; the word list presents a guided index of all words used in the manuscripts. Very useful … Read more