'A tour de force of oral poetry' Guardian
'I could get drunk just on the sound of the words' Sylvia Plath
A definitive new edition of Dylan Thomas's beloved radio play
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent...
In the Welsh seaside town of Llareggub, night is moving in the streets. Its inhabitants are lost in the land of dreams: old Captain Cat catches up with his drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards the draper is consumed by mad love for Miss Price the dressmaker, and Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard whips the ghosts of her two late husbands into shape. As the sun rises, the 'dismays and rainbows' of each character are played out within the cycle of one day, intertwining voices and lives, dreams and reality. By turns tender, hilarious and beautifully lyrical, Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices' is his most beloved work and a landmark of Welsh literature.
| ISBN: | 9780241636008 |
| Publication date: | 11th December 2025 |
| Author: | Dylan Thomas |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic and pre-20th century plays Radio plays, scripts and performances Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Sense of place |
'A tour de force of oral poetry' Guardian
'I could get drunk just on the sound of the words' Sylvia Plath
A definitive new edition of Dylan Thomas's beloved radio play
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent...
In the Welsh seaside town of Llareggub, night is moving in the streets. Its inhabitants are lost in the land of dreams: old Captain Cat catches up with his drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards the draper is consumed by mad love for Miss Price the dressmaker, and Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard whips the ghosts of her two late husbands into shape. As the sun rises, the 'dismays and rainbows' of each character are played out within the cycle of one day, intertwining voices and lives, dreams and reality. By turns tender, hilarious and beautifully lyrical, Dylan Thomas's 'play for voices' is his most beloved work and a landmark of Welsh literature.
Under Milk Wood features in the following genres: Classic and pre-20th century plays, Radio plays, scripts and performances, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Sense of place
Under Milk Wood is available in Paperback, CD-Audio
Under Milk Wood was written by Dylan Thomas and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Under Milk Wood has 128 pages
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