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| re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 05:19 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . - writerkev 04:52 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
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| I saw Burton in "Equus" after having seen Hopkins. I preferred Hopkins, but Burton was certainly compelling. I also saw the "Camelot" revival in 1980. It had its moments but he did not look comfortable on stage by that point. I would love to have seen him in the original production. | |
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| re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . | |
| Posted by: den 09:34 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . - TheOtherOne 05:19 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
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| I saw both Hopkins and Burton in Equus and I thought they were equally good, though my impression of Burton may have been colored by the fact that I saw him from one of the on-stage seats and was only a few feet away from him. (I think those seats were about $12.) I remember that when he exited the stage after the curtain call, he went right out a door at the back of the stage and into a waiting limo. I thought that was very cool. I also saw him in the 1980 Camelot revival, and he seemed … tired. | |
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| re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:11 am EDT 06/06/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . - den 09:34 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
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| I think the stage seats were more around $5-$7. Hard to be sure as no prices for those seats were listed in the ABCs ads. Top price for orchestra when Burton was in the show was $15. Only one other play on Broadway had a top price that high: A Matter of Gravity. Generally, top price for musicals was $15, with just a couple of shows higher than that and several musicals lower. Anyway, those stage seats were marketed (exclusively?) to students, and they were low priced, at least as I remember it. | |
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| re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 08:27 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . - TheOtherOne 05:19 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
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| Burton had ailments. There was some condition near the end that prevented him lifting his arms. Not an easy life to be him, though a blest career. But such a sensitive soul, beautiful voice, and eyes of an angel. His Hamlet was electric, and, if you read the two book-length accounts of it, frequently improvisatory (not with the text, of course). I don’t think he was well cast at Dysart in Equus. I wish I’d seen Alec McCowen. Burton as a youth would’ve mesmerized as the boy who blinded the horses. |
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| re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:42 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Richard Burton in ANYTHING . . . . - lordofspeech 08:27 pm EDT 06/05/23 | |
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| Alec McCowen was my favorite of the three Dysarts I saw, Hopkins and Perkins being the other two. | |
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