Under Milk Wood

Summary

2014 BBC production of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, created as part of a live event by National Theatre Wales.

Theatre play

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas [more information]

Play synopsis

'An omniscient narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of a fictional small Welsh fishing village Llareggub ('bugger all’ backwards).They include Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard, relentlessly nagging 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 awakens and, aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do, we watch them go about their daily business’ (source: ).

Production history

Under Milk Wood was first performed as a stage play in Edinburgh in 1956, following its initial incarnation as a radio play which was broadcast in 1954, shortly after Thomas’ death. It was first produced for television shortly after the subsequent London run closed.

Date of transmission

Monday 5 May 2014

Channel

BBC4

Production company

BBC Wales

Theatre company

National Theatre Wales

Credits

Playwright

Dylan Thomas

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd
Katherine Jenkins
Tom Jones	Captain Cat
Siân Phillips
Jonathan Pryce
Matthew Rhys
Michael Sheen	First Voice
Bryn Terfel

Additional details

Play tags

Welsh drama

Print sources

Title

Under Milk Wood: Tom Jones plays Captain Cat and Katherine Jenkins is Polly Garter in New TV Adaptation (Website)

Author/creator

Karen Price (Author)

Reference

Published in Wales Online on 17 April 2014: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/under-milk-wood-tom-jones-6998096

Title

What Some of You Had to Say about Under Milk Wood on the BBC Last Night (Newspaper article)

Author/creator

Anon.

Reference

South Wales Evening Post, 6 May 2014, online at http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/say-Milk-Wood-BBC-night/story-21063902-detail/story.html