Dylan Thomas

If you like words and the sounds of words and the unusual combinations of words then Dylan Thomas fits the bill.  He did not Go Gentle into That Good Night but raged through his life leaving a body of work that includes poems, screenplays, short stories and longer poems for radio - he called these 'plays for voices' such as Under Milk Wood.

The Outing is my favourite short story.  I love the descriptions of the characters, the humour and the combination of sounds which mean that if you read it out loud you just can't help but use a Welsh accent.

He had a complicated love life and smoked and drank excessively.  He lived in England, in London for a time, and spent time in America, but he is best known for living at The Boathouse in Laugharne, which is now preserved as a museum.

The links here take you to, firstly, Philip Madoc reading The Outing in two parts.

Richard Burton Reading from the start of Under Milk Wood.



And finally Thomas himself reading A Child's Christmas in Wales.