Description
A drama of four acts: one night with Dylan Thomas in Greenwich Village, New York
October, 1953. Dylan Thomas, unwell and harassed by personal problems, is on his
fourth and fatal visit to America, organised by John Malcolm Brinnin, Director at the YM &
YWHA Poetry Center in New York. October 25th. Dylan, accompanied by Liz Reitell, Brinnin’s
assistant, with whom he started an affair on his third visit, is in a taxi on the way to Greenwich
Village. Since his arrival in the city, she has been trying to keep him away from his ‘hangers-on’
and to focus him on the upcoming two performances of his Under Milk Wood at the Kaufmann
Auditorium. Unhappy and upset by his general behaviour, she stops the taxi near her apartment
and abandons him to do whatever he pleases. In this imagined scenario, he stops at some bars
where he mainly meets people unknown to him. The final bar is the White Horse Tavern, his
favourite drinking place in the Village. Note: In the early hours of 3rd November, Dylan would
leave the Chelsea Hotel and an upset Liz. His last-ever drinking spree would lead to him being
rushed to St Vincent’s Hospital on November 5th, where he would go into a coma and die on
November 9th.
Front cover painting is “Farewell to New York” by Jeffrey Phillips
Back Cover photo of the White Horse Tavern by Bill Wolak
Drama. Biography.
Author Bio
Welsh poet and dramatist Peter Thabit Jones has authored sixteen books. He has participated in festivals and conferences in America and Europe and is an annual writer- in-residence in Big Sur, California. A recipient of many awards, including the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry (The Society of Authors, London) and the Homer: European Medal of Poetry and Art, two of his dramas for the stage have premiered in America and the UK. His opera libretti for Luxembourg composer Albena Petrovic Vratchanska have premiered at the Philarmonie Luxembourg, the National Opera House Stara Zagora, and the Theatre National Du Luxembourg. Further information at www.peterthabitjones.com
Author City: Swansea WAL