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. |
