Under Milk Wood

by Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood had 4 performances over 1 year ago (between the 5th of April 2023 and the 8th of April 2023) at The Riverhouse Barn

193rd Production. It is nearly seventy years since Under Milk Wood was first performed, yet it remains unique. Part poem, part startling Celtic prose. It is funny, bawdy, poignant, atmospheric and has universal appeal because it holds a mirror up to the audience and shows them their own humanity. It takes them to a small seaside town in South Wales on one spring day and shows them not only the seething lives of the townspeople but their dreams and thoughts, their mis-demeanors, passions, their strengths and their frailties. The town is peopled by a dazzling array of characters. Blind Captain Cat who ‘sees’ all the goings on of the town. Mr Pugh the would-be wife poisoner. Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price are lovers but only by letter. Gossamer Beynon the schoolmistress in her prime, Polly Garter who loves having babies and sings a song about her lovers; and many, many more. Each character is distinct and real and alive. Those cast can take on several different roles as there are so many. Ideally a cast of around eleven can play all the roles but the production can accommodate as many people as want to be involved in this iconic play.

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Original

Voice 1 - Nick Lund

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Voice 2 - Nicola Anderson

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Captain Cat and Dai Bread - Marc Anderson

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Miss Price and Child - Sarah Slater

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Mrs Ogmore Pritchard, Mrs Willy Nilly, Neighbour 1 and 1st Woman/1st Woman's Voice - Linda Russell

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Mr Pritchard, Mr Cherry Owen, 2nd Drinker and Drowned Sailor 5 - Ian Thomas

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Willy Nilly, Organ Morgan, PC Atilla Rees, Old Man, Child and Reveller - Nick Cross

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Butcher Beynon, Rev Eli Jenkins and Utah Watkins - Guy Warner

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Mrs Beynon, Mrs Pugh, Neighbour 2 and 2nd Woman - Jean Warner

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Lily Smalls, Bessie Bighead, Neighbour 3, Child and Reveller - Julia Butterfield

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Polly Garter, Wife and Mrs Utah Watkins - Claire Aston

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Mrs Dai Bread 1, Mrs Cherry Owen, Mother, 3rd Woman and 2nd Woman's Voice - Faith Powell

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Mrs Dai Bread 2, Rosie Probert and Child - Nancy Lund

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Nogood Boyo, Fisherman, Child, Drowned Sailor 2 and Reveller - Jack Foster

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Mary Ann the Sailors - Gillian Smithies

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Sinbad Sailors, 1st Drinker, Jack Black, Child and Drowned Sailor 1 - Tom Keating

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Gossamer Beynon and Child - Sasha Wong

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Mrs Organ Morgan, Guidebook and Neighbour 4 - Frankie Godliman

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Mae Rose Cottage and Child - Bethan Mardell

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Mog Edwards and Child - Andrew Driver

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Mr Pugh, Mr Ogmore and Drowned Sailor 3 - Keith Bollands

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Mr Waldo, Evans the Death and Drowned Sailor 4 - Paul Pritchard

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Director - Paul Foster

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Stage Manager - Liz Thomas

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Set Design and Construction - John Godliman