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- [?1963]-1979 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
15 ff.
Placed in melinex sleeves within ringed box at NLW.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bloomsbury Book Auctions; London; Purchased at auction, lot 394; 6 December 2007; 004488284.
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Scope and content
Six letters and three telegrams, [?1963]-1972, from Richard Burton (in some instances jointly with wife Elizabeth), to his childhood friend and actor Dennis Burgess, containing personal and professional news, but mainly concerned with acting roles secured by Burton for Burgess in the films Bluebeard (1972) and Massacre in Rome (1973).
The letters were sent from the Dorchester Hotel, London, [?1963] (ff. 1-2), Sardinia, 1967 (ff. 3-4), Budapest, 1972 (ff. 5-10), and Munich, 1972 (ff. 11-12). Also included are letters to Burgess from Lord Snowdon, 18 May 1973 (f. 13), and Sir John Gielgud, 15 October 1979 (f. 15), and a photocopy of a telegram from Elizabeth Burton, 4 November 1975 (f. 14), inviting Burgess and his wife to Richard Burton's fiftieth birthday party. There are references to the films Becket (1964) (ff. 1-2), Doctor Faustus (1967) (ff. 3-4), Where Eagles Dare (1968) (f. 7), Bluebeard (ff. 5-10) and Massacre in Rome (ff. 11-12), and to the actor Hugh Griffith (f. 8)
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of Sir John Gielgud and Lord Snowdon copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed May 2011).
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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English.
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23970D.
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Name access points
- Burgess, Dennis, 1926-1980 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980. (Subject)
- Burgess, Dennis, 1926-1980. (Subject)
- Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011. (Subject)
- Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of, 1930- (Subject)
- Gielgud, John, 1904-2000. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2011.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.