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Episode 2 - The Keys to Avalon, A Cruel Love & Veronica's Room
Join me this week in a historic border town between the myth and magic of Wales and the pastoral countryside of England as I discuss a Welsh history of Arthurian Legend, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and a play that fulfilled its promise of being strange and sinister.
This week I'll be considering The Keys to Avalon by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd, a unique exploration of Welsh history which attempts to outline the geography of Arthur's lifetime. Learning about Ruth Ellis, night club manager, peroxide blonde and murderess in 1950s London, in ITV's A Cruel Love. And considering whether I really do enjoy psychological theatre, or whether it was the chance to photograph and discover a new play that had me watching Ira Levin's Veronica's Room.
References made
An Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) - Yes, there is a Shropshire reference! Even if more famous references include A Shropshire Lad (A. E. Housman)
Stars Hollow (Gilmore Girls) - Because what literary podcast isn't complete without a reference to autumn's favourite bookworm Rory Gilmore
Y Gododdin (Aneirin) - Collection of elegies written in Catraeth by 6th century Welsh poet. Found in the Book of Aneirin (13th century manuscript).
History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth) - Seminal Arthurian text written in Oxford by Catholic cleric in 1136 in which is written a fictitious history of British royalty.
The Early Merlin Project (Swansea University) - https://merlinpoetry.wales https://lnkd.in/esBDeFkX
Merlin (BBC) - If you have not watched this series but are a mythology fan, what are you doing?! Shown between 2008 and 2012, it tells the story of Merlin and Arthur growing up in Camelot.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans (Agatha Christie) - Classic murder mystery story set in Wales. ITV's series is written by Hugh Laurie and stars Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton.
A Fine Day for A Hanging (Carol Ann Lee) - A biography of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
Lucy Boynton interview - Found on her Instagram.
Titanic (dir. James Cameron) - 1997 infamously long film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet detailing a fictitious biography of a passenger on the Titanic.
The Lord of the Rings (dir. Peter Jackson) - Trilogy of films (2001 - 2003) known for their length, with extended editions spanning two disks. New Zealand filmed live action adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels.
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin) - Bestselling 1967 horror novel referenced in Gilmore Girls episode one.
The Exorcist - Horror novel by William Peter Blatty written in 1971, adapted into a film in 1974 by director William Friedkin.
Veronica's Room photographs - https://www.instagram.com/niamhrjones/p/DGLNNlyIF7P/?img_index=1
Burke and Hare - Murderers in Edinburgh responsible for sixteen murders over the course of ten months in 1828. These bodies sold to Robert Knox for anatomy lectures.
Equus (Peter Shaffer) - 1973 play about a child psychiatrist who attempts to dissect the mind of a boy with a pathological religious fascination with horses.
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By Niamh JonesJoin me this week in a historic border town between the myth and magic of Wales and the pastoral countryside of England as I discuss a Welsh history of Arthurian Legend, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and a play that fulfilled its promise of being strange and sinister.
This week I'll be considering The Keys to Avalon by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd, a unique exploration of Welsh history which attempts to outline the geography of Arthur's lifetime. Learning about Ruth Ellis, night club manager, peroxide blonde and murderess in 1950s London, in ITV's A Cruel Love. And considering whether I really do enjoy psychological theatre, or whether it was the chance to photograph and discover a new play that had me watching Ira Levin's Veronica's Room.
References made
An Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) - Yes, there is a Shropshire reference! Even if more famous references include A Shropshire Lad (A. E. Housman)
Stars Hollow (Gilmore Girls) - Because what literary podcast isn't complete without a reference to autumn's favourite bookworm Rory Gilmore
Y Gododdin (Aneirin) - Collection of elegies written in Catraeth by 6th century Welsh poet. Found in the Book of Aneirin (13th century manuscript).
History of the Kings of Britain (Geoffrey of Monmouth) - Seminal Arthurian text written in Oxford by Catholic cleric in 1136 in which is written a fictitious history of British royalty.
The Early Merlin Project (Swansea University) - https://merlinpoetry.wales https://lnkd.in/esBDeFkX
Merlin (BBC) - If you have not watched this series but are a mythology fan, what are you doing?! Shown between 2008 and 2012, it tells the story of Merlin and Arthur growing up in Camelot.
Why Didn't They Ask Evans (Agatha Christie) - Classic murder mystery story set in Wales. ITV's series is written by Hugh Laurie and stars Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton.
A Fine Day for A Hanging (Carol Ann Lee) - A biography of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
Lucy Boynton interview - Found on her Instagram.
Titanic (dir. James Cameron) - 1997 infamously long film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet detailing a fictitious biography of a passenger on the Titanic.
The Lord of the Rings (dir. Peter Jackson) - Trilogy of films (2001 - 2003) known for their length, with extended editions spanning two disks. New Zealand filmed live action adaption of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novels.
Rosemary's Baby (Ira Levin) - Bestselling 1967 horror novel referenced in Gilmore Girls episode one.
The Exorcist - Horror novel by William Peter Blatty written in 1971, adapted into a film in 1974 by director William Friedkin.
Veronica's Room photographs - https://www.instagram.com/niamhrjones/p/DGLNNlyIF7P/?img_index=1
Burke and Hare - Murderers in Edinburgh responsible for sixteen murders over the course of ten months in 1828. These bodies sold to Robert Knox for anatomy lectures.
Equus (Peter Shaffer) - 1973 play about a child psychiatrist who attempts to dissect the mind of a boy with a pathological religious fascination with horses.