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Under Milk Wood

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Under Milk Wood

By: Dylan Thomas
Narrated by: Full Cast, Richard Burton
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 'To begin at the beginning: it is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black...' When Richard Burton breathed the opening words of Under Milk Wood into a microphone, broadcasting history was made. For this 'play for voices' conjures up the intimate dreams and waking lives of the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside village in a remarkable way. It is bawdy and beautiful; its colourful characters lust and love, gossip and fantasise. Through the magic of language, Under Milk Wood creates a rich modern pastoral which, once heard, touches the listener with its poetry and haunts the imagination for ever. This radio drama is the completed version broadcast in 1963 which includes several passages that were omitted from the first recording in 1954. Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts European World Literature Funny

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I didn't know what to expect with this play. I had heard of it before but never read or listened to it, but it was a set book for uni. All I can say is that it is a bit mad. It made me laugh and sigh, but most of all I was intrigued. I love TDs use of language, the way he describes things like 'a breeze from the creased water sighs,' it is so imaginative, the personification of the breeze, it's very poetic all the way through. It's just a lovely listen and one I would like to listen to again. Richard Burton has got such a lovely voice, a true pleasure to listen to.

Very well read and played out.

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if you ever want to drift away and let your imagination run away listen to the one and old Richard Burton

great

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Beautiful rendition and even better using earpieces. Not a long listen but engaging and enchanting.

Fantastic

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Laughing at Nicola's 'review' above - betraying her ignorance and then giving one of the greatest works of 20th century verse a one star review because it turned out to be... who would have thought it... poetry.

I listen to snippets of this probably every day. The beginning, in Burton's extraordinary Welsh tones, get me every time - 'it is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible black'. Funny, sad, and beautifully read and acted throughout. Sensational.

Unbeatable

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Great combination of extremely skilful writing and the magical, haunting voice of Richard Burton, make compelling listening.



Fantastic

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