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Sep 19th, 2017 at 12:58pm
 
I came across an old BBC radio play made in 1945 with Burton in the male lead.
He would have been 20 then. Most of the cast were Welsh and the director was Phillip Burton, his adopted father and all round tutor.

You can here even then those rich rounded tones that made him famous and which you hear to full advantage in his recording of Under Milk Wood.
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Reply #1 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 2:01pm
 
Brilliant actor with a rich commanding voice.
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Reply #2 - Sep 19th, 2017 at 9:22pm
 
War of The Worlds...  Jeff Wayne's

narration Richard Burton

a man of many talents.

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Reply #3 - Sep 20th, 2017 at 7:43am
 
It is interesting that, as a society, we revere the speaking voice in a celebrity, yet we disparage elocution among ourselves.
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Reply #4 - Sep 20th, 2017 at 7:59am
 
I don't know that the majority value the.cultured, educated speaker in the celebrity world any more than they do in the every day world. The Australian heritage has always been to disparage any kind of tall poppy other than the top exponents of vulgarity.
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Reply #5 - Sep 20th, 2017 at 10:38pm
 
I can assure you RB can be as vulgar as the next man.
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