Cardiff English Although based in nearby Barry, accents heard in the sitcom "Gavin & Stacey" are not Cardiff or Barry accents, with the exception of the character Nessa, played by Ruth Jones who was brought up in Bridgend but now resides in Cardiff. A common first reaction to the accent is often that it is scarcely different from what is considered a "proper Welsh accent", which is usually seen by most outside Wales as being the variety spoken in the South Wales Valleys. The accent is also sufficiently distinct from standard English that researchers from the University of Birmingham have carried out
Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) of theaters featuring a center stage (arena theaters or Theater in the round) throughout Utah and Arizona. The Hales were also playwrights. They wrote their first play together, "Handcart Trails," to save on the budget of a ward play production in Granger in the 1930s. This play was published in the "MIA Book of Plays" in 1940. Their play, "Melody Jones", was shown to a national audience by Kurt Television Theatre. Ruth Hale's grandchildren include: Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) Ruth Hale (October 14, 1908 – April 20, 2003) was an American playwright and actress. Hale was born in Granger,