1980 in Wales - Arts and Literature

Arts and Literature

  • Richard Burton makes one of his last stage appearances, in the musical Camelot.
  • Michael Bogdanov becomes Associate Director of the Royal National Theatre.
  • Bobi Jones is appointed to the professorial Chair in Welsh at University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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