Lyric Poetry & Drama
"Under Milk Wood" is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage. An omniscient narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of the fictional small Welsh fishing village, Llareggub, (buggerall spelt backwards). They include Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands; Captain Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs. Dai Breads; Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter, pining for her dead lover. Later, the town awakens, and, aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do, we watch them go about their daily business. The drama was the inspiration of at least two films and another adaptation of the play, directed by Pip Broughton, was staged for television for the 60th anniversary in 2014.
© 2021 Good Press (Ebook): 4066338092816
Release date
Ebook: 9 November 2021
Lyric Poetry & Drama
"Under Milk Wood" is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage. An omniscient narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of the fictional small Welsh fishing village, Llareggub, (buggerall spelt backwards). They include Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands; Captain Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs. Dai Breads; Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter, pining for her dead lover. Later, the town awakens, and, aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do, we watch them go about their daily business. The drama was the inspiration of at least two films and another adaptation of the play, directed by Pip Broughton, was staged for television for the 60th anniversary in 2014.
© 2021 Good Press (Ebook): 4066338092816
Release date
Ebook: 9 November 2021
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