From AudioFile
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, who completed Under Milk Wood, his poetic "play for voices," just weeks before he died in 1953, appeared in only one recorded version of that acclaimed work. Here it is, captured by chance when someone placed a tape recorder on the stage for this live performance. Thomas serves as narrator/commentator of this tale of a day in the lives of 53 characters in a small Welsh village; his is a compelling, booming, lyrical voice. His five excellent companion readers, all of them, interestingly, American, match his deftness in what is a somewhat plotless but highly entertaining and touching account of simple people dealing with the complexities of existence. Top marks for this cassette--and thanks to the long-forgotten audiophile who thought to tape the drama. T.H. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
Booklist, July 2001
readers create a truly spellbinding hour in a Welsh Village - crystailine voices and haunting music bring Thomas' world alive
Under Milk Wood ANNOTATION
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 universality" (The New Statesman and Nation). (Poetry/Plays)
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This recording is the only one ever made with Dylan Thomas as part of the cast of "Under Milk Wood", his final work--newly repackaged by Caedmon. It is an inspired and irreverent account of life and love one spring day in a small Welsh coastal village. Full of raucous energy and lyrical passion, it is the most complete expression of Thomas's unique perspective on the human condition. Unabridged. (Drama)