I'm not sure if the October televising of Under Milkwood was discussed anywhere on the Forum, but having just seen our own recording of it for the first time, I was intrigued to see Charlotte Church as Mrs O-P and Katherine Jenkins as Polly Garter. These young super-stars often come in for a bit of stick, but both played their parts superbly, and KJ sang Polly Garter's song (Little Willy Wee) very beautifully, simply and affectingly. Alas no longer available on i-player.
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It was excellent, but not as good as the Radio 4 version played the previous week which included the 1963 Richard Burton intro. Also I was rather disappointed the shortened TV version did not include Organ Morgan...despite the Revd Eli Jenkins' statement "Praise the Lord! We are a musical nation." -
No! Indeed to goodness it didn't. I did wonder if I'd dozed off and missed it. Agreed, you can't beat that vintage radio version....and it was intended as a radio play. Having said that I saw a wonderful 'staged' performance of it at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall (years and years ago) and it was most atmospheric. It was a balmy evening and you could just imagine No Good Boyo lolling in his boat in the bay. (I thought the spiv in the car in last week's version did not quite ring true.)did not include Organ MorganComment
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I wonder if that Minack production was directed by Mike Charlesworth, if in the 80-90s then quite possible was.Originally posted by ardcarp View PostComment
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