' To begin at the beginning it is spring moonless night in the small town starless & bible-black' When Richard Burton breathed the opening words of Under Milk Wood into a microphone broadcasting history was made For this 'play for voices' conjures up the intimate dreams & waking lives of the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside village in a remarkable way It is bawdy & beautiful; its colourful characters lust & love gossip & fantasise Through the magic of language Under Milk Wood creates a rich modern pastoral which once heard touches the listener with its poetry & haunts the imagination for ever This radio drama is the completed version broadcast in 1963 which
Includes:: several passages that were omitted from the first recording in 1954 2 CDs 1 hr 41 mins