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62 days ago

BRIAN VINER reviews Mr Burton: A masterclass from Toby Jones as the teacher who made Richard Burton a star

Richard Burton was born at home in Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, and was buried under the world's gaze in Celigny, near Geneva.

63 days ago

Mr Burton review – the teacher who inspired and encouraged screen legend Richard Burton

Toby Jones plays the spaniel-eyed schoolmaster setting Harry Lawtey’s needy young pupil on course for haughty international stardom

The career of Richard Burton seemed mythic at the time, and more so …

67 days ago

‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to…

68 days ago

‘A beloved figure’: Welsh village ready for tourists as Richard Burton biopic opens

Events planned in Pontrhydyfen for centenary of actor’s birth, as many recall his visits home with Elizabeth Taylor

Hardly a day goes by when villagers don’t spot a cinephile traipsing in the footstep…

3 months ago

Richard Burton's plush Hampstead home that he shared with Elizabeth Taylor and then a Yugoslavian princess is set to fetch £4.5m at auction

A lavish mansion in Hampstead, north London, where Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's tumultuous relationship played out could fetch £4.5million when it goes under the hammer.

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