Pieter Scholtz, Margaret Logan and James
Parker will read Return Journey and Holiday Memory by Dylan Thomas tomorrow
(November 26) in the popular Mondays at
Six programme at St Clements,
Written for radio, these two pieces show
the full range of this tempestuous and meticulous artist who once cheerfully
claimed that he had beast, angel and madman within him.
Return
Journey: ‘In February 1941, Swansea was bombed by
the German Luftwaffe in a “three nights’ blitz”. Castle Street was just one of
the many streets in Swansea that suffered badly, the rows of shops, including
the “Kardomah Café”, were destroyed. Thomas later wrote about this in his radio
play Return Journey in which he
describes the café as being “razed to the snow”. Return Journey was first broadcast on June 15, 1947, having been
written soon after the bombing raids.’
Holiday
Memory: ‘August Bank Holiday. A tune on an
ice-cream cornet. A slap of sea and a tickle of sand. A fanfare of sunshades
opening. A wince and whinny of bathers dancing into deceptive water. A tuck of
dresses. A lark of boys. A silent hullabaloo of balloons.’
St
Clements is situated at 191 Musgrave Road. Mondays at Six run between 18h00 and
19h00. There is no cover charge but there is a donations box to support presenters. Booking is advised on 031 202 2511.
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