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The Devil & Mr. Burton
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The Richard Burton Diaries
Edited by Chris Williams
Yale University Press,
693 pages
The cable channel Lifetime recently aired a made-for-TV movie called Liz & Dick about the stormy marriage of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The focus of the publicity was on Lindsay Lohan, who played Taylor; the posters made no mention of her co-star, Grant Bowler, or of Burton himself, save in the film’s title.
About the Author
Terry Teachout is COMMENTARY’s critic-at-large and the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal. Satchmo at the Waldorf, his first play, runs through November 4 at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.
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