Richard Burton
Should young actors copy Richard Burton?
His remarkable and unpredictable talent would be hard to pull off today
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Diva and the Dane
The Motive and the Cue at the National Theatre delves into the relationship of an acting power couple.
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More taxation will not solve our economic woes
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elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
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