'DYLAN THOMAS' RHYMES WITH MADRID THEATRE.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer Fifty years ago, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas Noun 1. Dylan Thomas - Welsh poet (1914-1953) Dylan Marlais Thomas, Thomas toured North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . He ended up in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at the 92nd Street Y, where his play ``Under Milkwood'' was in rehearsal. The tour included a stop at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . ``He was apparently rollickingly rol·lick·ing adj. Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration. rol drunk and very amusing,'' says Denise Leader Stoeber, general manager of the Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park. ``He was an extremely popular lecturer on the U.S. lecture circuit, such a brilliant raconteur rac·on·teur n. One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit. [French, from raconter, to relate, from Old French : re-, re- + aconter, , even though he was usually plastered.'' The tour of ``Dylan Thomas - Return Journey,'' featuring Welsh actor Bob Kingdom as Thomas, follows the route of the poet's final tour. Instead of UCLA, however, Kingdom will play the Madrid Tuesday through Thursday with a special matinee for students on Wednesday. Like Thomas, Kingdom will conclude his tour at the 92nd Street Y on Nov. 9, the 50th anniversary of Dylan Thomas' death. ``Return Journey'' is not the type of programming that Madrid Theatre regulars have come to expect, says Stoeber. But Thomas is an important poet - and Kingdom's show comes highly recommended, she contends. ``There are a lot of musicals here - and a lot of things that are free,'' Stoeber says of the Madrid, which is managed by the Valley Cultural Center. ``We're hoping it will be well-accepted so we can continue to do this kind of programming,'' Kingdom, who also does a solo show on author Truman Capote, developed his enchantment with Thomas through hearing the poet's voice on the radio. ``I must have been about 12, and it just sent a shiver up me,'' says Kingdom, who developed ``Return Journey'' with Anthony Hopkins, the piece's original director. ``(Thomas') daughter remembers passing the shed where he used to write, and she'd hear him trying out the lines that would echo through the halls of America.'' ``It helps if you can identify with the person,'' he continues. ``I'm sort of looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the Dylan in me rather than for the me in Dylan.'' Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com DYLAN THOMAS - RETURN JOURNEY Where: Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets: $20 to $25. Call (818) 347-9938. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: As a boy, Bob Kingdom first heard the voice of famed Welsh poet Dylan Thomas over the radio. |
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