Under Milk Wood - Dylan Thomas
Under Milk Wood is a play
for radio, later adapted for the stage. A film version,
directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972.
An all-seeing narrator invites
the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts
of the inhabitants of an imaginary small Welsh village,
Llareggub ("bugger all" spelt backwards –
though re-spelt in early editions as Llaregyb so as
not to offend).
They include Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard,
relentlessly bossing her two dead husbands; Captain
Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs Dai Breads;
Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter,
pining for her dead lover. Later, the town wakes and,
aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they
do, we watch them go about their daily business.
