Under Milk Wood

[08012006]

Why is Dylan Thomas's work called "Under Milk Wood"

[sandyRoe]

Are the woods on the hill above llareggub called mIlk Wood?

[sandyRoe]

Listen. It is night moving in the streets, the processional salt slow musical wind in Coronation Street and Cockle Row, it is the grass growing on Llareggub Hill, dewfall, starfall, the sleep of birds in Milk Wood.

Listen. It is night in the chill, squat chapel, hymning in bonnet and...
They are.

[Old_Geezer]

Perhaps something (or someone !) is buried there.

[irishmaid]

well that makes no blinking sense to me at all

[Jackdaw33]

My favourite quote from him is:

"Land of My Fathers?. My fathers can bloody well keep it!"

[sandyRoe]

I can hear Richard Burton's voice reciting that. In my imagination. A great work, I think

[woofgang]

[mikey4444]

Dylan Thomas was going to call his 1954 play for voices "Llareggub, A Piece for Radio Perhaps".

But his friends convinced Thomas that American audiences would not understand the joke ( *** not being a commonly used word in American English, 60-odd years ago )

So, he changed the name to "Under Milk Wood", the forest that covers the hill above the town of Llareggub.

Its also worth bearing in mine that while Llareggub is funny, the word could never exist in Welsh, as there is no precedence for a double G in the language.

This is my favourite version of the play, from 1972 ....look at the cast !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwcvhZOwXM

[mikey4444]

Not sure what happened to my Youtube link ....here's another go !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwcvhZOwXM

[sandyRoe]

still not working. Who was in that 72 version?

[mikey4444]

I give up...can anybody help out here ?

[sandyRoe]

This it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwcvhZOwXM

[sandyRoe]

another try

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GwcvhZOwXM

[sandyRoe]

tireggub !!!

[mikey4444]

Thanks Sandy....that is the one, but its still coming up a big black box !

[Mamyalynne]

Lots of us are having problems posting video links, seems to happen certainly with Chrome though not Firefox - Ed is aware though not sure he can do anything.

All the above links are visible viewed on Firefox so not really worth you keep reposting them.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Mamy ! I have been able to post YouTube links before though, n CHROME.

Anyway....enjoy Mr Burton !

[Mamyalynne]

Problem started last night.

[mikey4444]

Mamy....The mysteries of the Internet !