Sterne’s book was called, rather prosaically, John Gielgud Directs Richard Burton Playing Hamlet: A Journal of Rehearsals but it offered an extraordinary insight into the tensions and the conflicts ...

It all started somewhat in jest while the film Becket was being shot in 1963. Stars Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton decided they should each tackle the title role in Hamlet, one to be directed by ...

Hamlet. Richard Burton plays Hamlet as Hamlet would like to have been. He may be self-critical, but he is never self-doubting. He is whole of soul, single of mind, undivided of purpose. If the text ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Last fall, I saw a Barcelona theater company perform a riff on Shakespeare's Hamlet titled European House. About an hour long—with no dialogue—it took place in ...

There’s no drama like off-stage drama. It’s the mid-60s and celebrated actor Richard Burton is gearing up to be Hamlet in a supposedly groundbreaking production directed by John Gielgud. The star and ...