Playing Burton

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Playing Burton

By: Mark Jenkins

Narrated by: Matthew Rhys

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Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys stars in this fascinating and award-winning one-man show about international star of stage and screen Richard Burton. Written by Mark Jenkins, Playing Burton offers a penetrating look at the notorious actor’s life, from growing up in an impoverished mining community in South Wales to becoming one of the greatest performers of his generation. Following his passionate, though tempestuous, love affair with Elizabeth Taylor and his tragic - and very public - battle with alcoholism, Playing Burton is a soulful exploration of fame, ambition, and identity told from the perspective of the megastar who experienced it all.

Please note: Playing Burton contains adult language and themes.

Mark JenkinsMatthew RhysAudible Originals

Drama & Plays

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World Literature

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For many of us God has to be Welsh, and that is because we fell in love with the voice of Richard Burton. So while this in no way sounds like him, the cadence and spirit of the man is so well rendered as to be of no consequence. The sprinkling of references to his works like confetti, and the knowing quotes as penetrating as in the bridal bed. Lay back, and enjoy.