Y Gododdin
2022
Edinburgh Fringe
Synopsis
Actor and director
Around 600AD 300 mead-fed warriors from Gododdin (roughly today’s Lothians) set off from Din Eidyn (today’s Edinburgh) to do battle at Catraeth, Deira, in what is now northern England. Only one fighter came back. The Gododdin court poet, Aneirin, sang elegies, death odes, for the fallen, in Old Welsh, the language of the time. This modern English rendition in free verse commemorates the deaths of the Men of Gododdin. Dark, dark-age poetry, very bloody and poignant, a virtually unknown classic.
Audience
“The best rendition of Y Godddin since Aneirin himself recited it in the mead halls 1400 or so years ago”
“A talented actress”
“Enjoy listening to the wonderful voices, particularly the female voice”