Thomas, Dylan

Last Edited: 25-Jan-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Date
Title
Cast
Parameters
14-May-1953
Under Milk Wood
(original reading performance,
92nd St. Y, NYC)
Dylan Thomas, Allen F. Collins, Dion Allen, Nancy Wickwire,
Roy Poole, Sada Thompson
Caedmon Records
TC 2005 (1956) LP
19:24, 27253, s
20:46, 29174, s
22:47, 32015, s
22:59, 32303, s
BBC Home Svc
25-Jan-1954
Under Milk Wood
Richard Burton, Richard Bebb, Hugh Griffith, Rachel Thomas,
Diana Maddox, Dafydd Harvard, Sybil Williams, Dylis Davies,
David Close-Thomas, Ben Williams, Meredith Edwards, Gwenllian
Owen, Philip Burton, Gwyneth Petty, John Huw Jones, Mary
Jones, Rachel Thomas, Aubrey Richards, Rachel
Roberts, Ben Williams, John Ormond Thomas, Lorna Davies,
Dillwyn Owen, John Glyn-Jones, Olwen Brookes, Rachel Roberts,
Norma Jones
Producer: Douglas Cleverdon
96:58, 45458, M
?
Under Milk Wood
Richard Burton, Hugh Griffith, Mervyn Johns, Rachel
Thomas, Gwenneth Petty, Margot Jenkins, Aubrey
Richards, David Rhys, TH Evans, Talvrin Thomas,
Betty Lloyd-Davis, David Garfield, John Gill, Dorothea
Philips, Vithig Myer-Pul, Richard Curnoch, Alwyn Brooks,
Guinivere Roberts, Patricia Mott, Raymond Llewellyn,
Julia Clebert, Philip Davis, Judith Davis, Elizabeth Ponceford,
Johnny Christo, Courtney Davis, Christopher Ballard,
Peter Richards
Music by Daniel Jones
Produced by Douglas Clebert
54:34, 25586, S
44:56, 21070, S
BBC R4
17-Nov-1978
Under Milk Wood
Glyn Houston, Petra Davies, Aubrey Richards, Gerald James, Nerys
Hughes, Elizabeth Morgan, Henry Knowles, Jennifer Piercey, John
Griffiths, Mary Jones, Sión Probert, Anthony Hall, Shirley King,
Talfryn Thomas, Jennifer Hill, Derek Pollitt, Jan Edwards, Elizabeth
Revill, Christine Pollon, David Barry, John Francis, Heather Bell,
Patricia Mort, Jo Manning Wilson, Sharon Morgan
Directed By: Gerry Jones and  Ian Cotterell
103:00, 96776, S
R4:
24-Dec-2004
Under Milk Wood
The acclaimed production of Dylan Thomas's classic which
combines Richard Burton's 1963 performance as First Voice
with a contemporary Welsh cast.
Richard Burton, Sian Phillips, Glyn Houston, Matthew Rhys,
Lisa Palfrey, Christine Pritchard, Sion Probert, Islwyn Morris,
Malie Harries, Eiry Thomas, Wayne Forrester, Yestyn Jones,
Stefan Rodry, Sarah McGoughey, Katrin Prys, Stephen Mayo,
Andy Hookley, Ruth Jones, Sharon Morgan, John Humphries
Music by John Hardy
Directed by Alison Hindell
87:10, 81725, S
LA Theater
Works
21-Sep-2014
Under Milk Wood
Kate Burton, Laura Evans, John Francis Harries, Jason Hughes,
Christopher Monger, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Jo Osmond, Matthew
Rhys, Morgan Ritchie
Directed by Sara Sugarman
117:59, 110611, S
BBC Wales
26-Oct-2014
Under Milk Wood
Kate Burton, Michael Sheen, ...
directed by Michael Sheen
116:08, 108879, S
R4:
24-Dec-2004
Dylan and John
The Friendship and
Letters of Dylan Thomas and
John Arlott
David Rayvern Allen
Readings by Ioan Tudor
Produced by Tom Alban
28:12, 26440, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
see also video/TV movie
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
19:59, 18736, S
BBC R4
25-Dec-1994
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Philip Madoc, Freddie Jones, Alun Horan, Owen Pillai, Lyn Hunter,
Victoria Plucknett, Chris Griffiths, Dillwyn Owen, Helen Griffin,
Philip Rowlands, Richard Elfyn, Owen Bodycombe, Chris Bodycombe
Dramatised by Herbert Williams
Music by Andy Price
Producer Foz Allan
26:02, 24401, S
BBC Wales
24-Dec-2013
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
read by Matthew Rhys
(including carols and memories from Swansea's older residents)
55:13, 51800, S
BBC R4
24-Dec-2006
The Crumbs of One Man's Year
(extract)
and A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Read by Rhys Ifans
Produced by Liz Webb
28:15, 26497, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
Fern Hill
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
4:01, 3773, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
Do Not Go Gentle into That
Good Night
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
1:38, 1536, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
Ceremony after a Fire Raid
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
3:57, 3706, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
The Long-Legged Bait
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
12:05, 11343, S
Caedmon CD
UACD-1002
Recorded
Feb 1952
In the White Giant’s Thigh
Read by Dylan Thomas
Recorded by Peter Bartok
Produced by Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen
5:15, 4926, S
BBC R4
25-Sep-2005
Patricia, Edith and Arnold
Read by Sian Phillips
Produced by Alison Hindle
14:06, 6616, m
BBC R4
02-Oct-2005
A Visit to Grandpa's
Read by Geraint Morgan
Produced by Alison Hindle
13:55, 6526, m
BBC R4
09-Oct-2005
Extraordinary Little Cough
Read by Iestyn Jones
Produced by Alison Hindle
14:10, 6645, m
BBC R4
16-Oct-2005
The Followers
Read by William Thomas
Produced by Alison Hindle
14:02, 6584, m
BBC R4
23-Oct-2005
A Story
Read by Matthew Rhys
Produced by Alison Hindle
13:59, 6562,m
BBC R4
03-Dec-2008
The Art of Conversation Phillip Madoc, Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Gunnar Cautherie,
Stephen Critchlow, Donna Hughes, Robert Lonsdale,
Manjit Mann, Inam Mirza, Chris Pavlo, Paul Ryder, Dan
Starkey, Jonathan Tafler, Malcolm Tierney
Directed by Alison Hindle
27:55, 26185, S
BBC R3
04-May-2014
The Beach Of Falesa
from a short story by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Matthew Rhys, Matthew Gravelle, Nicky Henson, Fiona Marr,
Simon Armstrong, Stephen Critchlow, Steve Toussaint
Directed by Alison Hindell
99:43, 93281, S
Oct-1953
BBC R4X
19-May-2014
A Visit to America
Dylan Thomas
15:04, 14112, S
Jun-1953
BBC R4X
20-May-2014
Quite Early One Morning
Dylan Thomas 12:56, 12121, S
BBC R4X
21-May-2014
Reminiscences of Childhood
Dylan Thomas 13:53, 13001, S
Jun-1947
BBC R4X
22-May-2014
Return Journey to Swansea
narrated by Dylan Thomas
Arthur Phillips, D Cliff Davis, Evan Morgan, Jack James,
produced by P H Burton
27:56, 16143, S
BBC WS
12-Jul-1993

Return Journey

adapted for radio and performed by Bob Kingdom
57:51, 13559, m

02-Jan-1946
BBC R4X
23-May-2014
Holiday Memory
Dylan Thomas
18:32, 17504, S
unknown,
LP?
Readings by Richard Burton
  1. And death shall have no dominion

  2. Deaths and Entrances

  3. Elegy For His Father

  4. I See the Boys of Summer

  5. In my craft and sullen art

  6. Lament

  7. Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed

  8. Poem in October

  9. The Force that through the
    Green Fuse Drives

  10. The Hunchback in the Park

  11. The Villagers' Dream

Richard Burton
1:31, 1063, S
1:05, 760, S
2:29, 2349, S
5:00, 4691, S
0:51, 599, S
3:45, 2636, S
1:17, 906, S
2:58, 2087, S
1:15, 878, S
1:48, 1265, S
18:01, 14158, S

Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date Title Cast Parameters
ABC RN
05-Jan-2018
Science Show --
The archaeology of Dylan Thomas
Robin Williams
Producer David Fisher
53:52, 50568, S 
01-Sep-1939
W H Auden
read by Dylan Thomas
3:23, 3174, s

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