Michael Sheen performs 'Do not go gentle into that good night' by Dylan Thomas

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Michael Sheen performing 'Do not go gentle into that good night' for Dylan Thomas Day is everything you'd hope it to be. Subscribe for more content related to our new production of Under Milk Wood: kzfaq.info?...
Dylan Thomas' masterful Under Milk Wood 'play for voices' was first read in New York on 14 May 1953. The play reopens the Olivier theatre for live performances 16 June-24 July 2021.
Michael Sheen, Karl Johnson and Siân Phillips feature in the acting company breathing new life into Dylan Thomas’ poetic masterpiece. Lyndsey Turner directs with additional material by Siân Owen.
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A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams.
The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love.
The landlady living in terror of her guests.
A father who can no longer access his memories.
A son in search of redemption.
As they awake to boiled eggs and the postman, the residents of a small Welsh village juggle old secrets and new realities.
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@Renovator26 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pushing 95, and this is the finest version I've ever heard. It left me more determined than ever to rage against the dying of MY light. Inspiring words and superb delivery.

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 3 жыл бұрын

i liked this better than the Dylan Thomas ones

@juletaurus 3 жыл бұрын

You are indeed inspiring, Sir.

@kylewashington1841 3 жыл бұрын

They say the "first man to live to be 150 years old has already been born" Don't let me down Mr. Fisher.

@Renovator26 3 жыл бұрын

@@kylewashington1841 Ha Ha - I think to would be nice to reach 100, but only if I'm free from advanced senility. Living beyond that means most of my family will be dead and certainly all my friends. Nice thought though.

@kylewashington1841 3 жыл бұрын

@@Renovator26 You are right sir. Good health to ya.

@Wulfrune Ай бұрын

Don't watch this if you're already in an emotional state, if you think you feel bad now, listen to this and weep like a child,

@astoriagringass7023 3 жыл бұрын

We need more of Michael reading poetry

@aaronreichler2570 3 жыл бұрын

More of Michael reading anything!!

@mliljegard19771209 3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@robertoseveno 3 жыл бұрын

Yess

@stelladonaconfredobutler9459 3 жыл бұрын

and Irish reading their poetry and stories that run with the Irish wind

@robertmacdonaldbespokekilt3063 3 жыл бұрын

he could read his bluidy laundry-lists and I'd stand through the rainy night to hear them!

@Renovator26 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Michael. At 95 I need a fix every so often. I accept it's almost time for me to exit stage left, but oh - what a trip! I will not gentle into that good night - but go I must. John, Ontario, Canada

@renbanana2684 3 ай бұрын

See you on the other side✊️

@PersonallyOptimistic Ай бұрын

Beautifully said

@Cripes67 8 күн бұрын

My father died at the age of 58. I was 28 years old. He was a big Viking of a man and a huge protector of his family. He dragged himself up from poverty to wealth with such grit and determination . Sadly he went gently into the night so suddenly. He leaves a great hole in our lives. We miss his largesse , his humour and indomitable presence . This poem portrays exactly how I feel and Michael sheen did a wonderful job of portraying it . We were blessed.

@donaldgallacher6998 2 ай бұрын

Im 56, sitting in hospital recovering post tumour removal. I was already raging; hearing Michael so wonderfully express my feelings has made my day.

@herbertwest6003 28 күн бұрын

Get well soon - best regards from austria ! ps: you´ve got good taste

@Lawraven 3 жыл бұрын

My 12 y/o son called me an "old man" a while back and in comedic response I did this poem. He stood in rapt attention until I finished then said without missing a beat "Cool. I bet you were there when that was written like 200 years ago." Sigh.

@Mei_... 3 жыл бұрын

your son is really incredible 😂😂 i can't stop laughin'

@elizabeths4371 3 жыл бұрын

I think your son might make a good talk show host one day. 😎

@dougtriplett 3 жыл бұрын

lol, that sounds like a kid that needs to hear the classics. Has he heard Kiping's What If

@marylee7467 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 I love your son

@kellydalstok8900 3 жыл бұрын

My daughter used to accuse me of listening to “old people’s music”, and then she grew up.

@drees71 3 жыл бұрын

I saw Michael recite this when he was fresh out of drama school, it was full of confidence and youthful passion, this one however seems to have all Michael's life experience so far and it's fantastic, so moving. He gets it completely.

@martydav9475 3 жыл бұрын

One of those life experiences is helping young homeless people in Wales not to have to live in highly dubious hostels full of sex offenders and the like. Good on him for the great work he did there.

@Catmoore60 3 жыл бұрын

Your comment reminded me of one of my best teachers, Miss O’Meara. She taught literature, and we read and discussed many wonderful novels. She said ‘read a story that touched you again once per decade of your life, as your life experience will alter your perception and enrich your understanding.’

@leesweets4110 3 жыл бұрын

I dont really get it at all.

@clickpause8732 3 жыл бұрын

@@leesweets4110 In essence it’s about living your best life in spite of your inevitable death. To live, laugh and love, and fight for a life worth losing. At least, that’s what it means to me. Different interpretations for different people.

@mathewalex1624 2 жыл бұрын

@@Catmoore60 How fortunate you are ! I earn my living as an English teacher. .I shudder to think of what I am made to do. But I am so delighted to learn that there are places in the world where there are real students and teachers. Thank you, madam, for sharing your experience. It reassures me that not everything is lost.

@pedromello0404 Жыл бұрын

My father died in 1984 at 59 years of age. I was 25 then. I never knew how to express my frustration and anger about his illness, suffering and death. He fought bravely but in the end his agony was overwhelming and he surrendered. I wish my father were still alive today for me to tell him: Do not go gentle into that last night, one more time... Thanks Michael for making me cry 40 years of sorrow out of my chest.

@janhughes7786 3 жыл бұрын

At last! Someone who actually understands the pace of this poem. This is exactly how I felt watching my father die .The anger and the bargaining. Diolch

@welshpaul9932 2 жыл бұрын

The timing of his pauses was absolutely perfect. There is a beauty in silence.

@andrewjfulker 3 жыл бұрын

This is the definitive version of this poem. Delivered in the Welsh accent that it was written in, by a man who seems to not just understand the words, but to feel them. Surely there is nobody who could do this better.

@janetbrown2927 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of his beautiful accent. Welsh is the most appealing accent for me of all the Celtic accents.

@charliefarlie2884 2 жыл бұрын

Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins, both Welsh, do it better. It's all subjective though.

@nigelludkin-yoxall6845 Жыл бұрын

you could barely tell that Dylan was Welsh.......voice of an Oxford don........outstanding, irreplaceable, beyond compare...

@argonthesad 8 ай бұрын

@@nigelludkin-yoxall6845 This reading is way better than Dylan's. You need the Welsh accent, at least that's how I always imagined it in my head. It's sad Dylan had that fake, bland, Oxford accent.

@nigelludkin-yoxall6845 8 ай бұрын

it wasn't fake, he was brought up to speak like that@@argonthesad

@techniciansourwell1412 Ай бұрын

This performance has brought immense comfort to me, as I grapple with the anticipation of my dying Dad. I’ll listened to it dozens of times so far.

@sharonelliott2366 3 жыл бұрын

Perfection. Takes a Welshman to know a Welshman.

@stevenaustin8274 3 жыл бұрын

By that logic then only a English person can know William Shakespeare

@sharonelliott2366 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenaustin8274 If you want to make that leap, then perhaps. Culture is embodied in language.

@stevenaustin8274 3 жыл бұрын

@@sharonelliott2366 what leap ? If indeed your comment is correct then it must be correct for all !

@sharonelliott2366 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenaustin8274 ??

@thegreenmage6956 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenaustin8274 What they mean is that a Welsh usage of the English language can only be properly portrayed by a Welsh approach, and thus by a Welsh person. I’m sure you’d agree it would in truth take a middle-English-Era person to properly convey Shakespeare as intended, but we do not have that available.

@MatthewStephensAU 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine him doing this, but not on stage. This would be an improv, with him playing a part of some wild homeless man, raging at a winter thunderstorm while people look away. This poem shouldn't be read by professors in tweed jackets to bored students. This is a roar for the people who have only the 'good night' left.

@catherinehazur7336 3 жыл бұрын

Your comment was very thoughtfully and expressively put. You're quite right: His reading of this poem brought me (and most likely others) in touch with the life that is the poet himself, in a flood of intent, coursing like blood out of that heart, feeding our very soul way past the hour of our death As the dying of one light gives way to another

@johntaylor8463 3 жыл бұрын

spoken like someone who hs never had any homeless friends lol

@MTMF.london 3 жыл бұрын

Whether you have a family or none, homeless or not - doesn't make a difference. This is about death and fear of dying.

@dearwilderness2798 3 жыл бұрын

This was written very beautifully!

@bcd4562 3 жыл бұрын

I think it should be read by every dry and boring professor. Because that dry and boring prof is a superstar for introducing beautiful prose and poetry to students who don't care to know about it. These dry profs now have tools like this to capture imagination in a way that they can't. Not everyone can be Michael.

@michaeldray1746 3 жыл бұрын

I look forward, later in his life, to see him playing King Lear

@PrinceoftheAbyss 3 жыл бұрын

Give him a decade or so. He just got that grey hair.

@bryansmith1920 3 жыл бұрын

My Father died I didn't get a chance to say thank you to him But yes having had a heart attack myself and survived It's only because I raged against the good night And lived long enough to be here to meet and greet 3 Great Grandsons

@TheElmospoon 3 жыл бұрын

As someone with a parent under palliative care this is very moving.

@basesketch 3 жыл бұрын

Big hugs we are going through the same at the moment.

@hughpowell1 3 жыл бұрын

@@basesketch p

@nickthomas181 3 жыл бұрын

My elderly father is 82 with many health issues including kidney failure is in hospital tonight with fluid on his lungs and three chest drains .As no one is allowed to see him me and my sister rang him at tea he said he wants to die .This has brought tears to my eyes.

@sisuguillam5109 3 жыл бұрын

@@nickthomas181 sending my love.

@sisuguillam5109 3 жыл бұрын

It is indeed. I hope that they are taking good care of them - and that you hsve someone to care for you. Sending all my love.

@mrtoad1408 2 жыл бұрын

I will read this at my grandfather's funeral in a couple of weeks. He was a proud and fiercely intelligent Welsh man that achieved so much and always pushed the limits of whatever he did.

@georgeowen6456 11 ай бұрын

I will be doing the same in 2 days. A wonderful tribute to powerful men.

@artstudiodaily5908 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle was 95years old and passed away in his sleep a month ago. We had a life long connection of mischief and magic. This was read at his celebration of life and this video appeared as if by magic into my feed, Thank you

@afterworldfan1001 3 жыл бұрын

There were times when I thought that Anthony Hopkins was the one and only person, mastered that poem. Then "Interstellar" came into the culture, and I was convinced that it's the perfect mise-en-scene for this poem, cited by Michael Caine - being the same in words, but sounding completely different. And now.... No sets and costumes, no fancy make-up, just one man, standing in the light, but obviously knows all about the darkness.... Bravo, Michael!

@christinefischer2137 2 жыл бұрын

I can't help thinking this is not about age (of a person). And this performance impacts me most from all I ve seen so far. Maybe the small head shake and his expression at the end contributed to that.

@afterworldfan1001 2 жыл бұрын

Not a matter of age at all, I agree. It is really a question of "getting it" deeply and truly.

@Pinkyearlgrey 3 жыл бұрын

That slight Welsh twang when he says 'dying'. Amazing!

@uazuazu 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely adds to it in several other places too

@anonymousanonymous2143 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing slight about any of that performance in my opinion. I'm saying this as a Welshman almost 30 years in exile, his performance makes me feel very homesick!

@paulinemably9572 2 жыл бұрын

@@anonymousanonymous2143 I could not agree more. Whenever I hear Michael speak he reminds me of all that is great about Wales.

@31Alden 6 ай бұрын

I felt it too …. !

@protoguy 3 жыл бұрын

Most just read as though it's just a poem they're reading to impress a class. Read it like you're speaking to your child, your father, your partner, imploring them. So well done.

@dnorfed 3 жыл бұрын

The Welsh accent helps make this the best version of the poem. Well done Michael

@andregordon2599 3 жыл бұрын

The pause, slight eye twitch, and change of energy at 1:04 talking about his fathers is the best acting I’ve seen in 2021. Perfection

@user-tg3nj4rz7f 3 ай бұрын

I'm 51 and have loved this forever. But you my friend took me right there.❤️

@elizabethtoews7866 3 жыл бұрын

So wonderful to hear the Welsh in his voice, a fine, desperate rendering.

@ulli4303 3 жыл бұрын

I am chronically ill, disabled and in the mids of small life crisis, because 60 this year and not sure how much of my dreams I still will be able to live... This poem, this brilliant performances was just what I needed... I, too, will fight, against the dying of the light

@hmahanes 2 жыл бұрын

It's too late now. I knew these words, but didn't know to say them in time. I'm sorry dad, I miss you.

@denniscarroll3164 3 жыл бұрын

That's called an artist my friends! Michael Sheen is incredible.

@damitajo1045 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he is!

@juletaurus 3 жыл бұрын

I've had a mad crush on this man for YEARS.

@Khorzho 3 жыл бұрын

His bar is Kate Beckinsale. Just saying.

@ianmccarty990 2 жыл бұрын

To be a brother to a stranger. That last stranger. To know him and walk his path. To walk along his path

@Sapper127 6 ай бұрын

I'm 74 and lucky to be here, I died on the operating table last February and know exactly how this feels.

@alisonbateman8173 4 ай бұрын

❤

@RamnaViaz Жыл бұрын

My parents are old now... my dad is in his eighties, my mom in her seventies, they are not as strong and healthy as they used to be, I perform this poem for them every once in awhile to keep their blood boiling and their eyes shining, they will not go gentle into that good night.

@ExLibris-Alys 3 жыл бұрын

This is THE BEST reading of this poem I’ve heard! He was actually raging instead of just saying the word rage 👏🏻

@MsCherylHudson Ай бұрын

My 95yr old Father lives with me. He’s doing pretty well considering but he does struggle. Sometimes I watch him and think “Do you really want to keep doing this” That has changed my perspective on why he pushes to keep going and new found respect 🙏

@abnurtharn2927 4 ай бұрын

I read this in my father's funeral. Still don´t know how my voice held.

@skippymagrue 3 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced that only people with a Welsh accent should perform this.

@ryuinz 2 жыл бұрын

Sheen got distracted at the end by the damn birds. He sees them! He knows what they're on about! In seriousness, this was a masterful reading, he is brilliant and has hit the level where I can in good confidence watch anything with him in it and expect it to be excellent.

@headron66 2 жыл бұрын

I named my son Dylan Thomas born on 14 May after watching Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Under Milk Wood when I was a lass. That was my first introduction into the wonder that is the poet himself. With Burns I identify, with Thomas I am a rockstar.

@denisrobertmay875 Жыл бұрын

We must be about the same age, WW2 service and all that. My son played this for me to confront the indignities and sad losses that older ages bring. Thank God for the NHS. Actually we should be proud of our part in establishing it and support for it.

@mairimacdonald6399 3 жыл бұрын

I've read & listened to this many times, but today I really 'heard' it. Thank you Michael

@jeffreyadams648 6 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@anntully-crook2430 3 жыл бұрын

Dylan would have said “Thank you my brother, my countryman. You have placed my words in their souls.”

@curtislavoy8701 3 жыл бұрын

As a father and grandfather, I recite this passage as I vacate the bathroom on every occasion we have company at my house…

@MrKanpel Ай бұрын

How can you not crying in front of this masterpiece and an interpretation so intense?!

@elizabethsuckow9710 2 жыл бұрын

I never really got this until my sister died a couple of months ago. It has so much power and meaning for me now. This is a beautiful performance. Thank you.

@nikiTricoteuse 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely perfect. The lovely Welsh accent was just the cherry on top.

@Cripes67 8 күн бұрын

It feels very strong and feels Scottish too. It’s a Celtic thing . I just love this soliloquy . I miss my dad who died so young but delivered so much to us as a family.

@peteranthony1329 Жыл бұрын

This is a mans work and recited in a way that Dylan Thomas would have wished, Michael you have a way with Dylan's words.

@nigeljones5136 3 жыл бұрын

If I had to choose just one word from Michael's rendition it would be "father" - it pierces the soul.

@jeffreyadams648 6 ай бұрын

Yep.

@1Wendy_Woo 3 жыл бұрын

His hair alone is quite the presence. Love that passion! 👏👏bravo👏👏

@samosullivan1744 3 жыл бұрын

I love how every actor that does this poem makes it their own. Michael Caine’s rendition in Interstellar was magical and the emotion Sheen brings to this is wonderful!

@catherinehazur7336 3 жыл бұрын

I so much agree, Sam. It is a poem everyone, being Human, can relate to. Especially when recited by an actor with such extreme breadth and depth as Michael Sheen has

@SlideQuest 3 жыл бұрын

It was Anthony Hopkins's voice, not Michael Caine's, reciting the poem in Interstellar.

@samosullivan1744 3 жыл бұрын

@@SlideQuest No it was definitely Michael Caine. You can identify his cockney accent straight away.

@SlideQuest 3 жыл бұрын

@@samosullivan1744 You are right, I was wrong. Found a clip someone had made with Hopkins reciting the poem to footage from Insterstellar. Another good reading, but not from the original film.

@cteal2018 3 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to hear Alan Rickman

@BigDLisGrippin 5 ай бұрын

I have watched this a dozen times. Sheen makes the entreaty so vibrant. So desperate and angry and sad. Someone else said it, and I agree. The definitive reading of this. Richard Burton's version is just to the right of where I type, and this beats that easily.

@hughbarton5743 5 ай бұрын

I was feeling weak today.....can't effectively be an actor any more....the lines are usually a daunting challenge. I have a neurological disorder, which will be, it's thought, the end of me. Not having a great day... And then, in a minor miracle, Mr. Sheen steps forward, and reminds to not go quiet.....to rage against the dying of the light. Thank you, Michael. I will fight against the inevitable victor. I will, of course, eventually lose this great battle. But I will never surrender. Thank you all, and best wishes.

@MadNaduk 2 жыл бұрын

still one of the greatest men and most talented of actors this island has produced.

@erykaton170 3 жыл бұрын

This has been one of my favorites since I first read it as a teenager. Here I sit several decades later, both my parents are gone now after long illnesses and I feel a keen sense of loss now that I couldn't possibly have understood when i was that kid.

@dpokrovsky 2 жыл бұрын

How could I set "Like" twice? Applauding

@Ysoie 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful and slightly terrifying. Thank you so much- I needed this today.

@NationalTheatre 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching and enjoying great poetry

@TheMarionetteKitty 3 жыл бұрын

He had me in tears by the end. I need more of Michael Sheen performing Dylan Thomas. More Welshmen. More Welsh awesomeness.

@margaretgallacher1793 2 жыл бұрын

SUPERB. Dylan Thomas and Michael Sheen, a perfect marriage 💙💙 xxx

@nickzika6575 5 ай бұрын

I gave this poem to my terminally ill grandfather who was my father in everything except name. I can relate so much to the words. I wanted him to fight to his last breath. He was at peace with his decision to accept his mortality, I was not. Miss you everyday grandpa

@Moonpome 2 жыл бұрын

Michael Sheen do us all a favor sir 🙏🏼 record more audiobooks. Listening to you is pure pleasure. Any project, any book, pick one and I’m onboard. The Philip Pullman was amazing. 🤗

@tofrti2002 Жыл бұрын

I sit here at the hospital watching my father, who is 99, slowly slip into his final goodnight.. It's a terrifying and impressive show of absolute willpower.. This Video and Performance has brought some solace to my aching soul

@allonszenfantsjones 3 жыл бұрын

I listened and could not but rage myself at the cruelty of sudden departure; no goodbyes, no scanning of the horizon. Just gone one morning, leaving all behind to mourn.

@chauncygardner123 3 жыл бұрын

This video is a refreshing change from the pop-culture mentality which I usually see on KZfaq. Thank you.

@pinkgoddess 3 жыл бұрын

As a deaf person, what a treat to have access to such a powerful and compelling actor. Thank you 😊

@MiaogisTeas 3 жыл бұрын

This is as much for Thomas's father as it is for our common, ancestral father. Let us not forget it; that we are brothers, that we are family, that we were once wild men.

@davidjohnson-fo7ze 2 жыл бұрын

This is the way I always heard it in my mind.

@NationalTheatre 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely compliment :)

@Estus__Flask Жыл бұрын

Every time I reach an awful place in my mind I end up eventually, somehow bouncing back and finding myself coming here once more. Michael pours passion into this, never fails to get a tear in my eye and fire in my heart. I've yet to hear a better reading of this.

@Fullbuster13 Жыл бұрын

The way he keeps the tension of the poem flowing. What a performance... just flawless.... BRAVO

@noabaak 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dylan. I am here where you last breathed. - NYC, 6/5/2021

@Just_tri_harder Ай бұрын

One of my favourite poems. This is such a good performance of it

@andrewshields5525 3 жыл бұрын

Cannot wait to go to the National again, and see/hear Under Milk Wood. Then life really will have started to return to how it was.

@NationalTheatre 3 жыл бұрын

We can't wait to reopen for live theatre! What a day that will be.

@hales172 Жыл бұрын

I remember my father every time i watch this, a powerful performance, always brings tears to my eyes. Thank you Michael.

@deekorbel5259 3 жыл бұрын

And now I have more years behind me then in front of me this makes more sense.

@jensleasman1838 6 ай бұрын

My husband passed away this November 17. Michael’s recital of this powerful poem means even more to me now.

@TobiasAlmeninger 3 жыл бұрын

This moved me so deeply... I’m neither into poems nor soliloquies. But this was very very touching and brilliantly performed. Thank you Michael Sheen!

@mkkpk 3 жыл бұрын

I love this actor. His depth of characters, drama and humor are exceptional. Can't get enough!

@user-wm2fv3sp3x 2 ай бұрын

Michael Sheen is just so good at reciting this. The Welsh accent and the charged emotion are perfect for delivering this Dylan Thomas's poem and with the right pace. Won't forget this one for a long, long time.

@simonlambourne5165 Ай бұрын

This man is astonishing. I'm only just discovering how extraordinary, kind and passionate he is. Awesome

@pmlm6245 3 жыл бұрын

Anything he plays, I’d happily watch. He is pure gold. Like another Helen McCrory.

@teresafritschi6332 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful. Sheesh Michael, standing ovation and tears. Bravo.

@user-pt6se7nv3l 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic! 71 and did Eng Lit at college.....finest presentation I have heard!

@herbertwest6003 28 күн бұрын

indeed

@jeanninecalder3652 Ай бұрын

Wonderful…. I could listen to Michael Sheen forever, such a voice, such feeling …

@janjindrisek2064 2 жыл бұрын

Through Michael Sheen's voice you understand the whole meaning of this poem even you don't listening words! I love this version. You can hear an hour explenation about the meaning of this poem, or you can hear two minutes of Michael Sheen and you get meaning of every single word. I call this a real acting and I bow deeply to your acting skills ;)

@meadowlarke6426 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched this like 20 times. Amazing performance of one of my all times favorite poems.

@cpurssey982 2 жыл бұрын

Though a "young man" in many people eyes, for me a 30 year old his wild hair and beard are perfect for this powerful rendition.

@MAnnytteGirard 2 жыл бұрын

MiCHAeL SHeeN is pure talent. This is AWWWEEESSSOOMMME

@prometheuspredator7971 3 жыл бұрын

Michael, Bravo, Bravo! Oh man, I wish Michael would put out a CD of poems. His voice and amazing rendition of this poem brings so much character to each word he pronounces with powerful linguistic manner.

@ftumschk 3 жыл бұрын

A very musical recitation; I love the gradual crescendo of emotion Sheen builds in from the first verse to the last.

@MoonstoneRain 2 жыл бұрын

I've always had a bit of Michael Sheen crush. Sigh. Beautiful.

@Dory_Darko 5 ай бұрын

Michael Sheen is a singularly gifted performer. I will watch absolutely anything he does, and the way he delivered this magnificent poem is beyond compare. Goosebumps.

@Feejakka 2 жыл бұрын

What a breath-taking performance. He infuses the words with the perfect intonation, pitch and pacing, outdoing every other version of this poem I've heard. Need more poetry from him!

@mattw8374 3 жыл бұрын

You can still hear an actual recording of Dylan Thomas reading this/his poem .

@ginoruberto Жыл бұрын

I was put off by the uninspired indifference in Dylan Thomas's reading of his own masterpiece, and did a Google search for a better, more immersed interpretation of it. That is how I came across Michael Sheen's take. It is exactly as I have always felt it should be delivered. Far be it from me to deride the author's reading of his own work, but even Rodney Dangerfield recited it with more affected passion than Dylan Thomas did.

@maggiedhue9349 10 ай бұрын

I went from Dylan Thomas to Michael Sheen renditions of this poem. The magnificent flow of these words from Dylan became thoughts, individual phrases and utmost pure emotion from Michael. My father died in Palliative care in February 2023, and to see him reduced to a stick, unable to communicate, staring blankly at the wall made me rage against the dark for him, even as the dark tore my world apart.

@jeffreyadams648 6 ай бұрын

Not as good as this.

@Poeboi Жыл бұрын

Mr Sheen you.are a fantastic actor and this proves it

@michaelzell4924 Жыл бұрын

I could watch this for hours.

@sandranigh3219 2 жыл бұрын

Brought me to tears. Michael Sheen is amazing 👏

@michellewareham4040 3 жыл бұрын

He brought tears and I've read that poem/villanelle a thousand times!

@NationalTheatre 3 жыл бұрын

What a voice, what an actor.

@yoube303 Жыл бұрын

I cry every time

@timothyphipps8337 4 ай бұрын

With all that is going on today I felt I needed to hear this.

@anweshabanerjee8320 3 жыл бұрын

I always read this poem to myself in a breath of solace. Rage always seemed the aspirational end to an arduous day. But this is utter transcendence!

@randallbenton5557 2 жыл бұрын

This is without a doubt the best, most powerful rendering of Dylan Thomas's iconic poem that I've ever heard in 54 years of reading and listening to poetry. Bravo.