Meredydd Barker is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

working in both

and English. Barker originally trained as a sculptor. His plays include ''The Rabbit'' (2001), ''Buzz'' (2004), ''Acqua Nero'' (2007), ''Two Princes'' (2007), and ''Nye and Jennie'' (2018). The latter, a play about the relationship between

Aneurin Bevan Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health ...

and Jennie Lee, was commissioned by Theatr na nÓg.

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