The classic radio drama written by the Welsh poet just before he died at the age of 37 in NYC of alcoholism.  The play is very much in the style of Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology.  We meet 63 voices from the seaside Wales town of Llareggub during a 24 hour period. Beginning in the night when the narrators’ voices visit the dreams of the sleeping townspeople through the waking and the day and closing with dusk and nightfall, we learn of the hopes, dreams, dashed plans, and secret desires of everyone from the Reverend to the butcher, the baker, and the old sea captain.  Thomas is a loving and forgiving narrator and the town stands in for everyman who is born, lives, and dies as the earth goes on.  An interesting feature is the literal timelessness of the piece. There are no clues as to when the play takes place—no references to WWI, no cars, no electricity, outdoor plumbing, etc make it feel like it’s late 19^th C, but that’s just a guess.  The universality of the human experience and mortality courses through the characters’ lives.