Geraint Wynn Davies and Dylan Thomas - an outstanding combination. Thomas as a poet competes with Thomas the drunk, and Wynn Davies makes both totally believable. Funny and sad and beautiful. Just excellent.
I know little about Dylan Thomas, except some readings (By Thomas?) on BBC when I was a kid, but the eulogy for his father, Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales are enough to make him pretty special. Geraint Wynn Davies' show, and it is his show, who ever wrote it or realised it, made this poetryphobe think it is time to make an exception in the case of Mr. Thomas and read, or better listen to, more of his work.
I know little about Dylan Thomas, except some readings (By Thomas?) on BBC when I was a kid, but the eulogy for his father, Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales are enough to make him pretty special.
ReplyDeleteGeraint Wynn Davies' show, and it is his show, who ever wrote it or realised it, made this poetryphobe think it is time to make an exception in the case of Mr. Thomas and read, or better listen to, more of his work.