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\u2018Leave the tortoise alone, Mrs Porter. <\/strong>He\u2019s not dead. He\u2019s thinking.\u2019<\/strong><\/em>-The Death of the King\u2019s Canary <\/strong><\/em>by Dylan Thomas and John Davenport \ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

O’r diwedd! Rwyf wedi darllen nofel Dylan (a ysgrifennwyd\nar y cyd gyda John Davenport), sef The Death of the King\u2019s Canary<\/em>, o’r\ndiwedd. Pan feddyliodd am y syniad yn gyntaf, bwriad Dylan oedd ‘ysgrifennu\nstori dditectif a fyddai’n well nag unrhyw stori dditectif arall’ a fyddai’n\n‘codi cannoedd o sgwarnogod, yn cynnwys llawer o gliwiau camarweiniol a\nthystiolaethau cudd yn y stori, yn ystumio pob mater, yn troi sawl pennod yn\nbarod\u00efau bwriadol ac y bydd yn llawn ystrydebau mewn perthynas ag ysgrifenwyr straeon\nditectif eraill’. (Collected Letters<\/em> Dylan Thomas a gasglwyd, tud. 323)\nRwy’n dwlu ar ffuglen dditectif ynghyd \u00e2 straeon gan Dylan Thomas felly roedd y\nllyfr hwn yn addo bod yn gyfuniad perffaith i mi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desmond Hawkins oedd cydweithredwr cyntaf Dylan ar y\nprosiect ac, mewn llythyr dyddiedig 16 Medi 1935, gofynnodd Dylan i Hawkins\nanfon rhestr o enwau’r cymeriadau a gasglwyd ganddynt ato, ynghyd \u00e2 gwaith gan\nStephen Spender (iddynt ddechrau ei barod\u00efau, mae’n debyg.) Rhywbryd rhwng 1\nTachwedd 1935 (pan ddywedodd Dylan wrth Hawkins y byddai’n ailysgrifennu’r hyn\nyr oedd wedi’i wneud) a 16 Mawrth 1938, daeth Charles Fisher, ei ffrind o\nAbertawe, i fod yn gyd-awdur. Ysgrifennodd Dylan at Fisher gan ddweud ‘y gallai\nysgrifennu’r nofel fod yn hynod ddifyr ac y byddai’n darparu arian am ddiodydd\niddynt am flwyddyn.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fodd bynnag, cafodd Fisher ei alw i ymladd yn y fyddin\n(roedd yn weithiwr i Wasanaeth Cudd-ymchwil Prydain a gwasanaethodd yn Ffrainc)\nac felly daeth John Davenport yn gydweithredwr newydd ar gyfer y ‘stori\nwefreiddiol anhygoel’, yn \u00f4l llythyr oddi wrth Dylan a anfonodd at Vernon\nWatkins ar 8 Ionawr 1941. Er y gorffennwyd y llyfr ym 1941, ar \u00f4l i Dylan\nfenthyca teipiadur Vernon Watkins er mwyn teipo’r penodau diwethaf, ni chafodd\nei gyhoeddi tan 1976. Mae’n bosib bod hyn o ganlyniad i’r ffaith ei bod yn\ncynnwys llawer o barod\u00efau, prin wedi’u cuddio, am feirdd a ffigurau\ndiwylliannol cyfoes, gan gynnwys T S Eliot, W H Auden, George Barker a chwaer a\nbrodyr Sitwell. Yng nghyflwyniad ei nofel, mae Constantine Fitzgibbon yn dadlau\n‘na ellid ei chyhoeddi tra oedd y prif gymeriadau’n fyw’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ar ddechrau’r nofel, gosodir tasg i’r Prif Weinidog, sef\ndewis y Bardd Llawryfog nesaf. Ar \u00f4l iddo ddarllen cerddi sawl ymgeisydd (pob\nun ohonynt yn glytwaith o waith beirdd byw), mae’n dewis Hilary Byrd o’r\ndiwedd. Mae’r cyhoeddiad yn codi arswyd ar y gymuned ddiwylliannol a chyflwynir\neu hymatebion yn aml fel straeon comedi unigol. Mae’r cyffro’n diweddu mewn\nparti t\u0177 a drefnwyd gan Byrd i ddathlu’i benodiad, a dyna\u2019r lle y mae’r  Bardd Llawryfog newydd (a adwaenir fel\nCaneri’r Brenin) yn mynd i’w dranc erchyll.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Er nad hon oedd y stori dditectif roeddwn i wedi’i\ndisgwyl, gan ystyried bod pobl yn sail i’r parod\u00efau yn hytrach na straeon\nditectif ynddynt eu hunain, roedd rhannau a wnaeth i mi chwerthin yn bendant.\nYn sicr, roeddwn i am ddarllen mwy o waith gan Stephen Spencer a William\nEmpson, a ddychanwyd gan Dylan Thomas yn y cerddi, \u2018The Parachutist\u2019 a \u2018Request\nto Leda\u2019 yn \u00f4l eu trefn, o ganlyniad i ddarllen y nofel hon. Mae’n ymddangos\nbod \u2018The Parachutist\u2019 mor addas, roedd pobl yn ‘chwerthin llond eu boliau’ pan\nddarllenodd Dylan y gerdd mewn trafodaeth yn Rhydychen, yn \u00f4l dyfyniad Philip\nLarkin yn Dylan Thomas: A New Life <\/em>gan Andrew Lycett, tudalen 230.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Er gwaethaf y ffaith nad oeddwn yn deall peth o’r hiwmor,\nmwynheais ddarllen The Death of the King\u2019s Canary <\/em>yn fawr iawn. Roedd\nceisio dyfalu pa rannau a ysgrifennwyd gan Dylan a pha rannau a ysgrifennwyd\ngan John Davenport yn cyflwyno elfen ychwanegol o ddirgelwch i’r profiad! Fy\nhoff gymeriad, er nad wy’n si\u0175r ar bwy mae hi wedi cael ei seilio, oedd Mrs\nCrawshaw. Fe’i disgrifiwyd fel a ganlyn, ‘[woman who] had been knocked about in\na good many stormy seas, but she\u2019d kept her yachtish lines\u2019. Pan welwyd hi’n\ncerdded yn noeth ar hyd mur Neuadd Dymmock gydag ymbar\u00e9l agored, mae preswylwyr\ny t\u0177’n rhuthro i’w helpu. Heb ddeall beth yw achos yr holl ffwdan, mae’n gofyn\nam barasol a brandi a soda!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie Bowman, Canolfan Dylan Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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