Vicar of a country parish
Last updated: 10 March 2007
Moelwyn Merchant (1913-1997) was an academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest. He was also Professor and Head of the Department of English at Exeter University. Five years before he was due to retire in the mid 1970s he became vicar of Llanddewi Brefi, when he made a film for the BBC.
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John S Batts, once of Hay on Wye
Yes, I do remember Moelwyn Merchant, though my recollections of him date back over forty years when he was a member of the English Department at what was then University College, Cardiff, University of Wales. A few moments ago I viewed the BBC film he made at Llanddewi Brefi; he appeared not to have aged significantly from my undergraduate days when he lived in Penarth and invariably wore a clerical collar. If memory is to be trusted, he was during my time at Cardiff much excited by three academic items: his book *Shakespeare and the Artist* then taking final shape or about to be published; secondly, his Reynard Edition of Wordsworth poetry which we were encouraged to use; and, thirdly, his admiration for the poetry of R.S. Thomas (also a country clergyman). MM had a reputation of being something of a High Churchman, probably unusual in someone whose first language was Welsh. On a more personal level, I recall MM's enthusiasm for joint readings aloud (by Faculty & Honour students) of sundry Shakespeare plays, about the closest one ever got to a social encounter with staff.
Do you remember Moelwyn Merchant?What are your memories of Llanddewi Brefi in the 1970s
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Dwynwen Lloyd Evans sy'n adrodd hanes, Ini Mini Meini Mowr, pantomeim Felin-fach 2009, sydd yn ymddangos rhwng 5 a 12 Rhagfyr.
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