David Joshua Davies (1877–1945) was a Welsh dramatist. His parents were John and Mary (née Evans) Davies. He began his career as an apprentice in an ironmonger's store in

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, but went on to earn his living as a shopkeeper, managing the Co-operative store in Llanarth for a while, and later a shop and the post office in

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. His writings include the play 'Maes y Meillion' (which won a prize at the National Eisteddfod in

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in 1918), and the play 'Owen Glyndŵr'. He died in 1945, and is buried in

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Welsh dramatists and playwrights Welsh male dramatists and playwrights 1877 births 1945 deaths {{Wales-writer-stub