yes, you might try "Rich. The Life of Richard Burton", by Melvyn Bragg



ISBN 0 340 50043 3




there are excerpts from his memoirs that are quite interesting [this was the
biography that I couldn't recall before]

good luck...



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-----Original Message-----
From: Alejandro Skorzewski <polskafrei@...>
To: RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 3:02 am
Subject: [RichardBurton] Re: Hi everybody!






Yes, now I seem to stumble upon the same biographer all the time. I'm
looking for the webpage where I got this info in the first place, to
check if it was this same guy, Munn. I don't quite think so.
What other Burton's biographies are there worth reading?
Alejandro
--- In RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com, breezymiller51@... wrote:
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> and this from the telegraph this past spring
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/04/05/
bomun105.xml
>
> but again this Michael Munn fellow is the source - however, this
was touched upon in a Burton bio years ago that I read - I'm trying
to recall the author - btw Michael Munn's bio titled "Prince Of
Players" - that title was used for a bio of Edwin Booth [yes, older
brother of you know who] - back in 1953 by Eleanor Ruggles.
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> From: lovedrichard <lucianogirl2000@...>
> To: RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:48 pm
> Subject: [RichardBurton] Re: Hi everybody!
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> I don't know about this......I saw Burton many times towards the
end
> of his life on the Broadway stage. Would he take such a chance if
> he had episodes such as this? And he was quite sober during these
> periods. He did have one illness on stage during the 1980 Camelot
> but audience members described it as a sort of a paleness and a
> sweat that hit him. That was the only time I had ever heard of him
> taking sick on the stage.
>
> --- In RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com, breezymiller51@ wrote:
> >
> > the Daily Express printed this Feb. 3, 2008 - there is a new new
> biography by Michael Munn..........
> >
> > http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/33665/Burton-cured-epilepsy-
> with-drink
> >
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> > ?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alejandro Skorzewski <polskafrei@>
> > To: RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:51 pm
> > Subject: [RichardBurton] Re: Hi everybody!
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> >
> > Hi!
> > I haven't read any of his biographies. But I found this info in
> the
> > net, together with that about haemophilia - a mild form of it. I
> also
> > found that one of Burton's children was autistic and had
epileptic
> > fits. Is that right?
> > Maybe it went unreported to help him get new parts in films.
> There's
> > still a lot of prejudice today, in those days people could have
> been
> > even more prejudiced, perhaps.
> > Thanks!
> > --- In RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com, H Morris <hehmorris@> wrote:
> > >
> > > As far as Burton's epilepsy, I find it interesting that came
out
> > only after his death.? I believe it was the Bragg biography that
> > first mentioned it.? So I've always had a little question mark in
> my
> > mind as to how something so important could be previously
> unreported.
> > > ?
> > > Heidi
> > >
> > > ?
> > > ??????????????????????????????????????????
> > >
> > > --- On Tue, 10/21/08, Alejandro Skorzewski <polskafrei@> wrote:
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> > > From: Alejandro Skorzewski <polskafrei@>
> > > Subject: [RichardBurton] Hi everybody!
> > > To: RichardBurton@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 1:26 AM
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> > >
> > >
> > > Hi everybody!
> > > My name's Alejandro. If you don't understand something I write,
> > just
> > > ask. I'm dyslexic and sometimes words get mixed up. No problem.
> > I've
> > > just seen RB in Hamlet at school. Think it's great! And I've
got
> > > lot's of questions to ask. Was RB epilectip just as it says in
> the
> > > net or is it just ... well, you know?
> > > Well, just to say Hi! and Thank you! for letting me in.
> > > Cheers!
> > > Alejandro
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