Under Milk Wood and other plays

Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas’s undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece – an affectionate, but hilarious portrait of a small Welsh town. The classic 1954 recording, featuring a perfect cast led by Richard Burton as ‘First Voice’, is rightly considered to be definitive. This collection also includes two earlier radio programmes: Return Journey to Swansea and Quite Early One Morning, read by Dylan Thomas and others. Enjoyable in their own right, they also provide a fascinating insight into the process that led towards Under Milk Wood.

2 CDs | Running Time: 2h 12m | ISBN: 978-962-634-887-1 | Cat. no.: NA288712 | RRP: £10.99RRP:£10.99 GBPSRP: US $ 17.98RRP:£10.99 GBP

Here it is in all its incomparable splendor

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CAST

First Voice – Richard Burton
Second Voice – Richard Bebb
Captain Cat – Hugh Griffith
Rosie Probert, Mary Ann Sailors, Mrs Dai Bread Two, Mrs Willy Nilly – Rachel Thomas
Polly Garter – Diana Maddox
Mr Mog Edwards – Dafydd Harvard
Myfanwy Price – Sybil Williams
Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard – Dylis Davies
Mr Ogmore, Dai Bread – David Close-Thomas
Mr Pritchard, Willy Nilly Postman – Ben Williams
Butcher Beynon – Meredith Edwards
Gossamer Beynon – Gwenllian Owen
The Rev. Eli Jenkins – Philip Burton
Lily Smalls, Mrs Dai Bread One – Gwenyth Petty
Mr Pugh – John Huw Jones
Mrs Pugh – Mary Jones
Sinbad Sailors – Aubrey Richards
Cherry Owen – John Ormond Thomas
Mrs Cherry Owen – Lorna Davies
Nogood Boyo – Dillwyn Owen
Organ Morgan – John Glyn-Jones
Mrs Organ Morgan – Olwen Brookes
Mae Rose Cottage – Rachel Roberts
Gwenny – Norma Jones
Gomer Owens – Ieuan Rhys Williams

REVIEW

Another unassailable Naxos classic is Under Milk Wood and other plays, with Dylan Thomas himself appearing in the ‘other plays’ (Return Journey to Swansea and Quite Early One Morning). Thomas didn’t live to hear the BBC premiere of Under Milk Wood, a poetic drama for radio, broadcast in 1954 with Richard Burton as the First Voice. But here it is in all its incomparable splendor.

Burton, too, died relatively young, so that when this historic broadcast was re-worked in 2003 his voice, from this 1954 recording, was blended in with those of more modern actors. He was the irreplaceable star of the old broadcast, as you’ll hear here. As for Thomas, he takes the lead in Return Journey as himself, looking for ‘himself’ as he was as a teenager. And he’s the sole speaker in Quite Early One Morning, which anticipates Under Milk Wood at many points. There’s hardly a moment that isn’t magic on this wonderful pair of CDs.

The Taipei Times

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