"This landmark biography of Philip Burton, the man who transformed Richard Jenkins into Richard Burton, is an engaging account of a remarkable life."
The result of a painstaking research process that saw author Angela V. John reassess masses of material and draw from new sources, Behind the Scenes: The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton raises the curtain on the extraordinary odyssey of an extraordinary Welshman — a transatlantic adventure that spanned almost a century, taking him from South Wales to Key West via London and New York.
Coverage of Philip Burton’s beginnings in a working-class South Wales mining community is absolutely absorbing. Philip himself made his stage début at the age of nine and later wrote and produced plays alongside working as an English teacher, which led to him spotting the potential of one of his pupils, Richard Jenkins, the scrappy young man who became global star Richard Burton as a result of Philip’s guidance and guardianship.
Sharing exhaustive detail on Philip’s own career as a BBC radio producer, scriptwriter and theatre director, Behind the Scenes is certainly a must-read for aficionados of the performing arts, and also comes recommended for those with a keen interest in 20th-century Welsh culture. Thoroughly researched, it’s also thoroughly fascinating and written with flair.
Philip Burton (1904-95) was an inspirational individual, a man of many talents, whose passion for words and learning propelled him as a scholarship boy in the Cynon valley of South Wales, to university college in Cardiff where he studied mathematics but fell in love with the theatre. On graduation he accepted a job as a teacher in the industrial steel town of Port Talbot.
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Philip Burton (1904-95) was an inspirational individual, a man of many talents, whose passion for words and learning propelled him as a scholarship boy in the Cynon valley of South Wales, to university college in Cardiff where he studied mathematics but fell in love with the theatre. On graduation he accepted a job as a teacher in the industrial steel town of Port Talbot.
Behind the Scenes features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: general, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Biography: general, Biography: arts and entertainment
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Behind the Scenes was written by Angela V. John and published by Parthian an imprint of Parthian Books
Behind the Scenes has 350 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Wales series
£18.00, reduced from £20.00. In Stock.
