I am writing a four play series on the historically possible/probable Arthur. I am using the books of Geoffrey Ashe(who I don't completely trust), Leslie Alcock, Norma Lorre Goodrich, Nikolai Tolstoy (who says Goodrich is questionable), Jean Markale, Anne Ross (. . .DRUID PRINCE), and Rachel Bromwich (ARTHUR OF THE WELSH and THE WELSH TRIADS) to peel the High medieval accretions from the 6th Century Welsh/Brit battle leader. In pursuit of a more accurate Arthur, and in the face of the burgeoning materials available, I am looking for particularly useful books and articles that will inform my work and keep me as honest as possible. I am rapidly approaching 42, I am a produced playwright and composer with a couple of Creative Writing degrees and almost 40 years of hearing/reading the Arthurian stories, and since I was 2 1/2, I've known that the stories I was finding didn't click with my matrilinearly Welsh heritage. The musical CAMELOT was wrong. It had nothing of Arthur, neither the Celts nor their Music, and I want to bring the energy that I've heard in the Chieftains and Cusan Tan, Silly Wizard and Sileas, Altan and The Tannahill Weavers to the historical presentation on the stage. I want the gem of Celtic Culture to shine in all its facets, and I want the best. I have received some interest from Loreena McKinnitt, John Cunningham, Paddy Maloney and friends, Alison Kinnaird, Ann Heymann, Cheryl Ann Fulton, The Tannahill Weavers, Anthony Hopkins, Kenneth Branagh, and Welsh Tourist Board's Paul Barrett. In July I plan to attend the Celtic Summer School at Aberyswyth to hear Rachel Bromwich, Brynley F. Roberts, Anne Ross, R.R. Davies, Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan, Morfydd Owen, Peter Lord, Oliver Padel, and to meet other like-minded people. What I am looking for is an intellectual community to provide and varify sources and materials, and encouragement wouldn't hurt at all. I am also the primary care parent for two wonderful and attention-hungry urchins (Winston 3 years, Grace-Katharine 5 months), so finding resources has been difficult. Still, I was trained by the Creative Writing Faculty at Bowling Green State University, Ohio and by Blythe and Sweet at Eastern Kentucky University. Stephen Sondheim taught me manners and the desire to work with the best to do my best. I can be thoughtful, encouraging, and provocative as needed. Suggestions? Comments? Any cheap sources for the LAWS OF HYWEL DDA? M. Richard Myers III