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Susan
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Date Posted: 04:00:49 08/26/07 Sun
"Haha, yeah! Emlyn was a tiny man anyway, wasn't he?"
Well, not to stray too far off topic here, but just to set the record straight he wasn't exactly tiny, but very thin in his younger years. According to a biography I read, he gave his official height as 5' 9 1/2" on his passport but had actually lied (cheeky devil!) and added an inch and a half to his height. So next to RN, who was 6 feet tall, well above average, 5'8" looks pretty short. (BTW, while I'm at it, I just have to quote something Emlyn Williams quotes on a recording of readings from Dylan Thomas--keep in mind that Emlyn himself was from Wales: "Perhaps the best way for me to introduce myself ... is by filling out one of those devilish passport questionaires about myself. Name: Dylan Marlais Thomas. ... Description: Snub nose; thick blubber lips; moppy, mouse-brown hair ... Above medium height. Above medium height for Wales? I mean 5 foot 6 and a half." So I guess 5'8" could translate to 5'9 1/2" in Welsh.)
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