Under Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted
for the stage. This film version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew
Sinclair, was released in 1972. With Richard Burton reprising his
role, also featured Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns,
Vivien Merchant and other well-known actors, including Ryan Davies as
the "Second Voice". It was filmed on location in Fishguard,
Pembrokeshire, and at Lee International Film Studios, London.
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.
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.
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