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Completed just before his death in 1953, this work gives the fullest expression to Thomas' sense of the magnificent flavor and variety of life. A moving and hilarious account of a spring day in a small Welsh coastal town, Under Milk Wood is "lyrical, impassioned and funny, an Our Town given... read more
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Characters/People edit
- First Voice: omnipotent narrator, decorative language. Function like a macro aural camera. Played famously by richard burton on BBC version.Played by Anthony Hopkins on more recent 1988 EMI audio edition
- Second Voice: also an omnipotent narrator, refers to things in a closer micro sense.Played by Jonathan Pryce on newer edition
- Captain Cat: Blind old sea captain that lives in the bell tower. He mourns his dead lover Rosie Probert, a prostitute which he used to frequent during his sailor days. Through many sections of the play he narrates and acts like a conduit for listeners, describing what he can she through what he can hear (like how listeners must rely on their sense of sound to create an envisaged soundscape) .Played by Freddie Jones onnewer edition
- Myfawny Price: Female, owner of sweets shop, at the top end of town, she is proper, neat and dull. Loves Mog Edwards, but cannot be with him because they both love money too much.
- Mog Edwards: Lives at the sea end of town, owns a shop also. Loves Myfawny Price, but cannot be with her because he too loves his shop and money to much.
- other characters see wiki page:: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Milk_Wood
- 1st Drowned: Add a description of this character.
- 2nd Drowned
- Rosy Probert
- 3rd drowned
- 4th Drowned
- 5th Drowned
- Jack Black
- Mr. Waldo
- Waldo's Mother
- Waldo's Wife
- 1st Neighbour
- 2nd Neighbour
- 3rd Neighbour
- 4th Neighbour
- Little Boy Waldo
- Matti Richards
- Matti's Mother
- Rev Eli Jenkins
- Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard
- Ms. Ogmore
- Mr. Pritchard
- Gossamer Benyon
- Organ Morgan
- Mrs. Organ Morgan
- Utah Watkins
- Mrs Utah Watkins
- Willy Nilly
- Mrs. Willy Nilly
- PC Attila Rees
- Sinbad
- Lily Smalls
- Mae Rose Cottage
- Bessie Bighead
- Ocky Milkman
- Cherry Owen
- Butcher Benyon
- Mr. Pugh
- Mrs. Pugh
- Mary Ann Sailors
- Dai Bread
- Polly Garter
- Nogood Boyo
- Lord Cut-Glass
- The Guide Book
- Mrs. Dai Bread One
- Mrs. Dai Bread Two
- Mrs. Cherry Owen
- Mrs. Benyon
- One of Mr. Waldo's
- 1st Woman
- 2nd Woman
- 3rd Woman
- 4th Woman
- Evans the Death
- Fishermen: 1988 remake - played by Windsor Davies and Ifan gruffydd
- Gwennie
- Johnny Cristo
- Billy
- Dicky
- Mother
- Child
- Drinker
- Preacher
- Big Mike
- Old Man
First Sentence edit
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched, courters'-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, sea.
Table of Contents edit
1988 audio cassette update- 2 cassettes
Side 1
Main Theme:
OrchestraCconducted by George Martin with Mark Knopfler(guitar)
Music by George Martin
'To Begin at the beginning'
Anthony Hopkins and Cast
Side 2
Guide Book: 'Less than five hundred souls...'
Alan Bennett and Cast
Side 3
Song: 'Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail'
Sung by the Children of Laugharne School with
Freddie Jones
Words by Dylan Thomas
Music by George Martin
Song: Polly Garter - 'I Loved a Man'
Sung by Bonnie Tyler
Words by Dylan Thomas
Music by Elton John
Polly Garter song - reprise
Bonnie Tyler
Song: Rosie Probert and Captain Cat - 'Love Duet'
Performed by Mary Hopkin and Freddie Jones
Words by Dylan Thomas
Music by George Martin and Rod Edwards
Side 4
'Look, says a child to her mother...'
Anthony Hopkins and cast
Song: Rev Eli Jenkins - 'Sunset Poem'
Sung by Sir Geraint Evans with The London Welsh male Voice Choir
Director: Dr. Haydn James
Words by Dylan Thomas
Music by Troyte
Song: Mr Waldo - 'Come and sweep my chimbley'
Sung by Tom Jones
Words by Dylan Thomas
Music by Andy leek and George Martin
Main Theme:
Orchestra Conducted by George Martin
Series & Lists edit
This book is in 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Dylan Thomas (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: j.m.dent
Country: uk
Publication Date: 1954
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 101
Publisher: j.m.dent
Country: uk
Publication Date: 1954
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 101
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 822.91
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