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==Under Milk Wood==
==Under Milk Wood==
Thomas never fully completed Under Milk Wood, but it was published after his death in 1954. It was first broadcast on 25 January 1954 on the BBC Third Programme. Other productions followed in 1978 and 1994. However, perhaps best known is the 1963 production for radio, with narration by Richard Burton, who claimed "the entire thing is about religion, the idea of death and sex". These important themes are central to the lives of the colourful characters whom Dylan Thomas describes with a great deal of fondness.
Thomas never fully completed Under Milk Wood, but it was published after his death in 1954. It was first broadcast on 25 January 1954 on the BBC Third Programme. Other productions followed in 1978 and 1994. However, perhaps best known is the 1963 production for radio, with narration by Richard Burton, who claimed "the entire thing is about religion, the idea of death and sex". These important themes are central to the lives of the colourful characters whom Dylan Thomas describes with a great deal of fondness.
The setting of ''Under Milk Wood'' is in the fictional town of [[Llaggerub]]<ref> See here for the location and explanation of the town name: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llareggub origin of Llaggerub]]</ref>, situated in South Wales. It is generally thought that the town of [[New Quay]] is the actual setting which inspired Thomas, and that he began a draft of the play called ''Quite early one morning'' as early as 1944.
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