Difference between revisions of "Under Milk Wood"
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Revision as of 06:37, 5 October 2015
Under Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) [1], commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage. Originally presented at the Poetry Centre, New York on May 15, 1953, the author playing 1st voice and Reverend Eli Jenkins.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1973: Staged by PACOFS, directed by William Egan, with Annie Basson, Neels Coetzee, Ernst Eloff, Lerina Erasmus, Jannie Gildenhuys,
1986: Produced in South Africa by Baxter Company '86. Directed by Keith Grenville, featuring Keith Grenville, Jeremy Taylor, James Irwin, Brenda Wood, Jennifer Steyn, Mark Legward. Design and lighting by Brian Collins; sound design Julian Ford.
1995: Presented at the Baxter Theatre and at the National Arts Festival, directed and narrated by Keith Grenville, with Brenda Wood, David Crichton, Bianca Amato, David Alcock, Chris Weare.
Sources
Wikipedia [2]
PACOFS theatre programme (undated).
Baxter Theatre programme, 1986.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Die Burger, 11 July 1995.
Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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