Memorial service for Richard Burton

Title

Memorial service for Richard Burton

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

30 Aug 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Report from Trafalgar Square in London, at the memorial service of actor Richard Burton, at St Martins in the Field. Includes singing of Welsh male voice choir, a reading by John Gielgud from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and comment from brother Graham Burton, brother David Burton, broadcaster David Frost and actor Emlyn Williams. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Frost; Emlyn Williams; John Gielgud; Graham Burton; David Burton

Keywords

Deaths; Actors; London; Marriage; Wales; Family; Church services; Elizabeth Taylor; Richard Burton

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