Richard Burton letters,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23970D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004488284
  • Dates of Creation
    • [?1963]-1979
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • 15 ff.
      Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Six letters and three telegrams, [?1963]-1972, from Richard Burton (in some instances jointly with wife Elizabeth), to his childhood friend and actor Dennis Burgess, containing personal and professional news, but mainly concerned with acting roles secured by Burton for Burgess in the films Bluebeard (1972) and Massacre in Rome (1973).
The letters were sent from the Dorchester Hotel, London, [?1963] (ff. 1-2), Sardinia, 1967 (ff. 3-4), Budapest, 1972 (ff. 5-10), and Munich, 1972 (ff. 11-12). Also included are letters to Burgess from Lord Snowdon, 18 May 1973 (f. 13), and Sir John Gielgud, 15 October 1979 (f. 15), and a photocopy of a telegram from Elizabeth Burton, 4 November 1975 (f. 14), inviting Burgess and his wife to Richard Burton's fiftieth birthday party. There are references to the films Becket (1964) (ff. 1-2), Doctor Faustus (1967) (ff. 3-4), Where Eagles Dare (1968) (f. 7), Bluebeard (ff. 5-10) and Massacre in Rome (ff. 11-12), and to the actor Hugh Griffith (f. 8)

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically at NLW.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bloomsbury Book Auctions; London; Purchased at auction, lot 394; 6 December 2007; 004488284.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23970D.

Archivist's Note

May 2011.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

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Additional Information

Published

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