FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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Book of poetry
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A radio play
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A stage play
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a short film
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under Milk Wood, play for voices by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, performed in 1953 and published in 1954. Originally written as a radio play, Under Milk Wood is sometimes presented as a staged drama.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Milk Wood is an acknowledged radio classic. Dylan Thomas’s dramatic masterpiece was first broadcast in January 1954 and almost nobody involved is left alive.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historical Context of Under Milk Wood Supposedly, Under Milk Wood was Thomas’ attempt to show that there was still beauty in the world, despite the immense brutality and destruction of World War II.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under Milk Wood endures above all of Thomas’ work because it recognises the goodness that people are capable of and the warmth of friendship, family and community that can still bind us together.
Detailed explanation-5: -From its famous opening words ("To begin at the beginning…") spoken by the young Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas’s ‘play for voices’ Under Milk Wood was a milestone of BBC radio broadcasting, revealing the seething hidden lives of a small Welsh village Llareggub in language that was fresh, exciting and revelatory.