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Trials, tribulations and the Troubles

National Post 24 Jul 2010

By Robert Cushman, National Post July 24, 2010 3.04 AM ... It contains at least two transfixing eruptions, one of them emanating from a minor character and one from a major ... The relation to his father isn't very central; indeed there's little discernible focus to the piece, which was concocted by another fine Welsh-Canadian actor, the late Leon Pownall.

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Robert Cushman: A spotlight on Ireland at both Shaw and Stratford

National Post 23 Jul 2010

Photograph by. Shaw Festival, National Post ... Not coincidentally, it’s also, or so it seems in Christopher Newton’s production at the Shaw Festival, his angriest play ... The relation to his father isn’t very central; indeed there’s little discernible focus to the piece, which was concocted by another fine Welsh-Canadian actor, the late Leon Pownall ... . ... .

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Dylan Thomas, Rediscovered Within His Own Words

The New York Times 11 Dec 2009

Almost every line of "Do Not Go Gentle" is so lovely that when the whole proves to be less than the sum of its parts, the result doesn't feel as disappointing as it otherwise might ... Mr ... Yet there's little room for him to flex his muscles in Leon Pownall's script ... The script also refrains from delving deeply into Thomas's troubles or influences ... Rewi...

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Dylan Thomas lives in Wyn Davies' superb portrait

The Boston Globe 08 Dec 2009

The 90-minute play by Leon Pownall is called "Do Not Go Gentle," the title taken from Thomas' most famous poem, and as it opens, we find Thomas already dead, trapped in a kind of purgatory, awaiting his final slumber and more than willing to talk ... In Pownall's grab-bag of a play, ...

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The Theatre

New Yorker 23 Nov 2009

OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS. Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. . . AMERICAN TREASURE ... Book of Secrets.” In previews. Opens Nov. 29 ... 4th St ... ... Geraint Wyn Davies stars in Leon Pownall’s portrait of Dylan Thomas, which imagines the poet in Purgatory reflecting on his life ... .

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Dylan Thomas Conjured by Wyn Davies in 'Do Not Go Gentle' Off-Broadway

Yahoo Daily News 20 Nov 2009

Helen Hayes Award winner Geraint Wyn Davies is Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in Leon Pownall's , beginning performances Off-Broadway Nov. 19 ... The play was penned and originally performed by Leon Pownall. officially opens Dec. 6 and will run through Jan. 10, 2010 ... .

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Christopher Plummer tackles 'Tempest' at Stratford

Asbury Park Press 28 Aug 2009

It is one of 12 productions planned for the 2010 season at Stratford, the largest repertory theater in North America ... 8. Also on tap are Christopher Hampton's "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Do Not Go Gentle" by Leon Pownall and starring Geraint Wyn Davies as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, as well as the world premiere of "King of Thieves" by George F ... .

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Plummer magic for Stratford festival

Hong Kong Standard 27 Aug 2009

//--> Friday, August 28, 2009 ... Also on tap are Christopher Hampton's Dangerous Liaisons and Do Not Go Gentle by Leon Pownall and starring Geraint Wyn Davies as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, as well as the world premiere of King of Thieves by George F Walker and For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again by French-Canadian playwright Michel Tremblay ... .

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Christopher Plummer tackles `Tempest' at Stratford

The Examiner 27 Aug 2009

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Plummer to be Prospero in 2010 Shakespeare Festival

CBC 26 Aug 2009

Christopher Plummer as Caesar and Nikki M. James as Cleopatra in the 2008 filmed version of Caesar and Cleopatra. (David Hou/Stratford Shakespeare Festival) ... In playing Prospero at Stratford, Plummer has to follow in the large footsteps of William Hutt who was renowned for playing the role ... Geraint Wyn Davies in Do Not Go Gentle, by Leon Pownall ... .

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Christopher Plummer will tackle `The Tempest' at Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Star Tribune 26 Aug 2009

"The Tempest," directed by McAnuff, will be joined by three other Shakespeare plays ... 8. Also on tap are Christopher Hampton's "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Do Not Go Gentle" by Leon Pownall and starring Geraint Wyn Davies as Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, as well as the world premiere of "King of Thieves" by George F ... .

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Irving Layton, Jane Jacobs, Ken Thomson among Canadians who died in 2006

Canada Dot Com 28 Dec 2006

(CP) - Some notable Canadians who died in 2006 .. January. Irving Layton, 93 - Nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature and named to the Order of Canada, he published more than 40 books of poetry and prose over more than five decades ... February ... March ... Leon Pownall, 63 - Actor, director and writer who spent 14 seasons with the Stratford Festival.

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In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2006 -

Yahoo Daily News 27 Dec 2006

Robert Simonson 16 minutes ago. The original George in 's first Dulcinea. The woman who created the part of Miss Sarah Brown" /> in . The original April in , Jan. 12 at her home in Canaan, NY ... 19 following a stroke ... Leon Pownall, 63, an actor, director and writer who spent 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival in Canada, June 2 after a battle with cancer.

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Leon Pownall, Canadian Actor Who Wrote, Directed and Taught, Dead at 63 -

Yahoo Daily News 06 Jun 2006

Leon Pownall, an actor, director and writer who spent 14 seasons at the Stratford Festival in Canada, died June 2 after a battle with cancer, the Festival announced ... Pownall. "Leon and I started working together in the mid-1960s ... Leon Pownall was born near Wrexham, in northern Wales ... Pownall moved to Canada's West Coast.