NEW - FRC 6118

Dylan Thomas Poetry

read by Richard Burton

(also Hugh Griffith, Emlyn Williams)

1 CD(s), ADD

Review:

"He was greatly affected at the death of his favourite drinking companion, Dylan Thomas.....When Burton died in 1984 he was buried with a copy of Dylan Thomas' Collected Poems."
James Murray

Track Listing:

1.

In my craft and sullen art

2.

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

3.

A Winter’s Tale

4.

The hand that signed the paper

5.

The Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait

6.

Fernhill

7.

The Hunchback in the Park

8.

Deaths and Entrances

9.

Before I knocked

10.

I see the boys of summer

11.

Lament

12.

Lie still, sleep becalmed

13.

Do not go gentle into that good night

14.

Poem in October

15.

And death shall have no dominion

(all above read by Richard Burton, Recorded 1954)

Excerpts from ‘Homage To Dylan Thomas’ –

Memorial performance recorded at the Globe Theatre, London on 24th January 1954

16.

Return journey – Excerpt (Hugh Griffith)

17.

A visit to Grandpa’s (Emlyn Williams)

TOTAL PLAY 72' 55"