[{"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "Mae 23 Ebrill eleni yn nodi 400 mlynedd ers marwolaeth William Shakespeare a hefyd 452 o flynyddoedd ers ei enedigaeth. Dechreuodd gariad Dylan Thomas at Shakespeare o oed cynnar a pharhaodd trwy gydol ei fywyd."}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "\u2018When he was very small I used to say to his daddy: \u201cOh, Daddy, don\u2019t read Shakespeare to a child only four years of age.\u201d And he used to say: \u201cHe\u2019ll understand it. It\u2019ll be just the same as if I were reading ordinary things.\u201d So he was brought up on Shakespeare.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Roedd atgofion am blentyndod Dylan gan ei fam Florence yn dangos dylanwad geiriau Shakespeare arno o ddechrau ei fywyd ac mae hyn wedi\u2019i hatgyfnerthu gan hanesion eraill amdano yn dyfynnu o Richard II tra oedd yn mynychu ysgol un athrawes Mrs Hole yng Nghilgant Mirador."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Yn y 1940au roedd gwaith darlledu Dylan yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o ddrama\u0302u Shakespeare. Ym mis Ionawr 1947 ysgrifennodd at ei rieni: \u2018The day after that Dyall & I took part in \u2018Richard the Third\u2019 on the Overseas Services of the BBC. Eastern & Overseas Services I now do quite a lot of work for: scripting, acting & reading. They do a potted Shakespeare play a week. Last week it was Titus Andronicus, which I\u2019d never read and probably never will read again, \u2013 but it was great fun to do..... And for the Shakespeare series I mentioned, I\u2019m arranging the programme on \u2018Merchant of Venice\u2019."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Roedd yr actor John Laurie \u2013 sy\u2019n adnabyddus erbyn hyn am chwarae Preifat Frazer yn Dad\u2019s Army, yn y 1940au ond a fu\u2019n enwog am ei berfformiadau Shakespeare ar y llwyfan \u2013 yn adnabod Dylan: \u2018He was interested in the fact that I had played all the big parts in Shakespeare and that kind of thing, and he obviously would like himself, unquestionably, he\u2019d have loved to have been an actor...Our first real poet-dramatist since Shakespeare.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Cafodd cariad Dylan at Shakespeare a\u2019i ddoniau actio eu cyfuno ar ei ail daith darlithio i Ogledd America lle perfformiodd ddetholiadau o King Lear yn yr Amgueddfa Celf Fodern ym mis Chwefror 1952, gan nodi\u2019n hunananghymeradwyol: \u2018and a fine King Lear I\u2019ll look in my little shiny suit\u2019."}]