Under Milk Wood - Dylan Thomas

I wonder if "Under Milk Wood" isn't simply the best piece of literature to have been specifically written for the radio? I don't know, but that's my opinion anyway! "Under Milk Wood" is a play for voices. It is funny, it is touching without being cheaply sentimental, it is fantastically vivid. It describes a single day in the life of a Welsh fishing village 50 years ago. As a play for voices, it is perhaps not a coincidence that its principle character (after the two narrators) is blind - Captain Cat. The play takes you into the dreams and deepest secrets of all the characters of the town. It makes you laugh both at the ...

Written by Dylan Thomas, Undermilk Wood is a classic book. The story of a day and a night in the lives of some of the inhabitants of Llareggub (read it backwards), somewhere in Wales. You do not need to be Welsh to appreciate the humour. Undermilk Wood was written as a play for voices and, if you buy the cd, you will be delighted with the narration of Anthony Hopkins, music by Mark Knopfler, the voices (singing and spoken) of Bonnie Tyler, Tom Jones, Sir Geraint Evans, Windsor Davies, Harry Secombe and anyone and everyone who is anybody that is Welsh. Thomas plays with words in a wonderful, colourful way. His characters are ...

Dylan Thomas' evocation of 50's Wales through the minds of the inhabitants of a small country village is as fresh today as it was new mint. Possibly the finest use of licence payers money ever spent by the BBC and worth every penny when heard on radio. This magical play is only slightly reduced on the page (although I would recommend the audiobook spoken by Dylan himself, a little crackly, but his voice?). The sheer inventiveness and wit of his vocabulary, coupled with an extraordinary ear for dialogue make this an unforgettable experience. Lively characterisation, coupled with a plot as bizarre as the word association in the text lend this work a cultural and ...