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Under Milk Wood

Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood is the masterpiece "radio play for voices" Dylan Thomas finished just before his death in 1953. First commissioned by the BBC and broadcast in 1954, it has been performed and celebrated by Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton, Elton John, Tom Jones, Catherine Zeta Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, and many others. In Under Milk Wood, Thomas gave fullest expression to the magnificent flavor and variety of life. A moving and hilarious account of a spring day in a small Welsh town, the play begins with dreams and ghosts before dawn and closes "as the rain of dusk brings on the bawdy night."

Book Details

  • Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
  • Publish Date: Dec 31st, 2019
  • Pages: 128
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.30in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9780811229937
  • Categories: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshEuropean - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshAmerican - General

About the Author

Thomas, Dylan: -

Dylan Thomas, born in Swansea in 1914, is perhaps Wales' best-known writer, widely considered to be one of the major poets of the 20th century: many of his greatest poems, such as "Fern Hill" and "'Do not go gentle into that good night"' are beloved and widely studied. As well as poetry, Dylan Thomas wrote numerous short stories and scripts for film and radio-none more popular than his radio play Under Milk Wood. He led a fascinating and tempestuous life, which ended all too soon in 1953 when he collapsed and died in New York City shortly after his 39th birthday.

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Praise for this book

It would be hard for any work of art to communicate more directly and funnily and lovingly what it is like to be alive.--Randall Jarrell
A dazzling combination of poetic fireworks and music-hall humor.-- "The New York Times"