The Welsh Boy
by Julian Mitchell

Name: The Welsh Boy
Brand: Julian Mitchell
SKU: 9781849434553
Rating: 3.5 (5 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

British Adaptation Historical Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers find The Welsh Boy to be an engaging dramatic re-telling of an 18th-century scandal. The play explores themes of class divide and personal ambition, although some may feel it lacks depth in its narrative.

Engaging dramatic re-tellingIntriguing historical themesMay lack narrative depth

Synopsis

The Welsh Boy is a scintillating rediscovery of one of the hidden gems of eighteenth-century literature and brings back to life a true story of passionate love and outrageous sexual scandal in the sleepy provincial town of Ross-on-Wye.

James Parry is blessed with a wonderful singing voice that has allowed him to escape his humble origins in South Wales.

Mary Powell is the richest heiress in the district – also its loveliest, and its most daring.

When Mary engages James as her music master their lessons at the spinet turn into tutorials in the most heavenly pleasures.

But love is one thing, sex another and marriage yet a third.