Lighthouse Theatreand/a Pontardawe Arts Centrepresent/yn cyflwyno
Hard Times
by/gan Charles Dickensadapted for the stage by Stephen Jeffreyswedi’i addasu ar gyfer y llwyfan gan Stephen Jeffreys
“ There is a love in the world. It’s not all self-interest after all,
but something very different…
In Coketown, callous businessmen Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby have created a logical, heartless world. While these monsters prosper, children endure a cold and loveless life. But their unhappy world is transformed when Sleary’s circus comes to town….
Yn Coketown, mae dau ddyn busnes di-deimlad,Thomas Gradgrind a Josiah Bounderby, wedi creu byd rhesymegol, di-enaid. Tra bod yr angenfilod yma’n ffynu, mae plant yn dioddef bywyd oer a di-gariad. Ond mae eu byd trist yn trawsnewid pan ddaw Syrcas Sleary i’r dref ....
“Stephen Jeffreys’ adaptation captures the volume of suppressed anger in the text…makes a thriller out of mawkishness.” The Independent
‘Lighthouse Theatre creates theatre that is accessible, inspirational and thought-provoking’ South Wales Evening Post
