Never played in it, but certainly did enjoy it, listening to, say,
Thomas himself, or the acted version.
But in some ways, it is interesting precisely because the demands of
theatre pulled Thomas back from what I now see as the often overwrought
rhetoric of much of his poetry...
Which, of course, I read when first reading poetry (back in the late
50s, when his Collected Poems from New Directions) was the big seller
in poetry), but don't feel much called back to now - my taste having
changed).
Doug
On 8-Jun-07, at 6:19 PM, andrew burke wrote:
>
> I love Under Milk Wood and have played various roles in it over the
> years.
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