Under Milkwood

Thomas, Dylan; Allen, Dion; Poole, Ray

ISBN 10: 1559947586 ISBN 13: 9781559947589

Publisher: Harperaudio, 1995

Synopsis

""Only your eyes are unclosed to see the black and folded town fast, and slow, asleep"" Completed only a month before Dylan Thomas died, Under Milk Wood is an inspired and irreverent account of life and love in a small coastal village in Wales one spring day. Full of raucous energy and lyrical passion, it is the most complete expression of Thomas' unique perspective on the human condition. Called "a play for voices" by the author himself, Under Milk Wood premiered in 1953 with Thomas and five American actors reading the parts and was preserved, almost by chance, in this remarkable recording. Here is the author's greatest work rendered as he himself directed, in his own famous voice that captures the lively melodic essence of the work itself. Featuring Dylan Thomas with Sada Thompson, Nancy Wickwire, Ray Poole, Dion Allen, and Allen F. Collins This is the only recording ever made with Thomas in the cast, and it owes its existence to the chance thought someone had just before curtain of setting up the little tape recorder that was at hand and laying a microphone on the floor at the center of the stage. Although a studio recording for Caedmon was planned, Thomas did not live to do it. That this recording was not erased or lost or thrown away remains some kind of miracle.

About this title

Review:

"This book is an intriguing translation project from poetry and sound to image, and provokes consideration of Thomas translation of real observations and eavesdroppings into fiction." Tracey Warr, "New Welsh Review""

Book Description:

The definitive edition of one of Dylan Thomas's most famous works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperaudio
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1559947586
• ISBN 13: 9781559947589
• Binding: Audio Cassette