Under Milk Wood Analysis

3. Under Milk Wood: A play for voice Thomas wrote a piece that look similar to Under Milk Wood for the school magazine in 1931. In 1932 he told his friend about the idea to write a play about a Welsh town. After that he started to write the outline. He reads to his friends and first the story’s name was Llareggub. This was the idea before Under Milk Wood developed later. Moreover he also told the writer Richard Huges that “What Laugharne really needs is a play about well-known Laugharne characters – and get them all to play themselves.” (Under Milk Wood – A Chronology, n.d.) So he continue this outline about a mad town for a while. Actually the idea of Under Milk Wood was also developed from “Quite Early One Morning”. It is a radio play …show more content…
But the real beginning of the idea is starting in 1932. Thomas and his friend ‘Bert’ plan to formulate a Welsh Ulysses that is written by James Joyce. The first broadcast of Under Milk Wood by the BBC in 1954 it was seriously concerned about the detail of the play such as the playful singing children in the play should be the children of Laugharne. In 1988 the producer of EMI had chosen the ambient sound of Laugharne such as silences, bell-notes and general atmosphere. Caitlin Thomas also mentioned about Thomas’s though that important is the play should ‘play …show more content…
For example, the town’s minister named ‘The Reverend Eli Jenkins’. He loves fishing in the village ‘Milk Wood’ whose like to express by his prayer and write poetry about the town. The main interesting character named ‘Captain Cat’. He was a sea captain but he retired and blind. Otherwise, he is always spend time in his room. On the other hand, he is the most important person in town who observe and look after the town. Polly Garter is the town washerwoman who knows about local gossip. She is accessible to men. Many men loved her but she still loved Little Willy Wee, who died long time