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Graveyards in My Closet

By Daf James. The true story of a writer’s dark family secret.

By Daf James

When Daf was 11 he made a momentous discovery about his grandparents. The true story of a dark family secret.

In 1931 Daf’s Nan was five years old; her father took her to her grandparents’ house in the mountains of North Wales and told her that her mother was dead. He then left her there and never came back. This event sparked a lifetime of secrets that reverberated across the last century. Today, Daf wrestles with the story; but he’s not sure whose story it is, where it truly starts or what any of it means. Armed with a cast of actors, and the help of his dad, Daf sets out to explore the skeletons in his family’s closet.

Daf James is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, composer and performer working in both English and Welsh. As a screenwriter he is part of the 2019 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV Drama Writers’ Programme. Graveyards in My Closet is a follow-up to his Radio 4 drama My Mother Taught Me How to Sing.

Narrator …. Daf James

Little Daf …. Fflyn Edwards

Mam Aberteifi …. Siw Hughes

Hanna …. Carys Eleri

Grandad …. Ifan Huw Dafydd

Douglas …. Himself

Nigel Owens.... Himself

Directed by James Robinson

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Cymru Wales Production

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44 minutes

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