Difference between revisions of "Dylan Thomas"
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| − | + | Thomas never fully completed Under Milk Wood, but it was published after his death in 1954. It was first broadcast on 25 January 1954 on the BBC Third Programme. Other productions followed in 1978 and 1994. However, perhaps best known is the 1963 production for radio, with narration by Richard Burton, who claimed "the entire thing is about religion, the idea of death and sex". These important themes are central to the lives of the colourful characters whom Dylan Thomas describes with a great deal of fondness. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Dylan Marlais Thomas was born on October 27, 1914 at No 5, Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea, and died on November 9, 1953 in St Vincent's Hospital, New York. During his lifetime he wrote many great poems, including Fern Hill [1], and Do not go gentle into that good night [2]. Most of all he is famous for writing the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood, and the collection of stories, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.
Under Milk Wood
Thomas never fully completed Under Milk Wood, but it was published after his death in 1954. It was first broadcast on 25 January 1954 on the BBC Third Programme. Other productions followed in 1978 and 1994. However, perhaps best known is the 1963 production for radio, with narration by Richard Burton, who claimed "the entire thing is about religion, the idea of death and sex". These important themes are central to the lives of the colourful characters whom Dylan Thomas describes with a great deal of fondness.
References
- ↑ for a full version of the poem see: http://www.bigeye.com/fernhill.htm
- ↑ This is one of the most heartrending poems in the English language; Thomas apppeals to his father to struggle against his inevitable desth: http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm