Richard Burton (On Stanley Baker) - Lament for a Dead Welshman.

[King Biscuit Time]

Apparently Richard Burton wrote a 'contoversial' article in the Observer about Stanley Baker when he died.

I can't seem to find the text of it online anywhere though - anyone have any ideas?

 

[llantwit]

Hiya dude.
How's it?
spose you found this, but there are some interesting quotations from it in thise google book:
http://books.google.com/books?id=IUweWdQ4bv8C&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=%22Lament+For+A+Dead+Welshman%22&source=web&ots=Jk3GDOtnsW&sig=NnIJoWZi-0UjGk81fvRuvF6v3j0

 

[editor]

Two fucking great actors - some of Wales' finest.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

All good here,
I did find that yeah - made me all the more intrigued to read the whole thing.

 

[llantwit]

Well you could always cough up the £7 for a day's pass and look it up on the Observer archive:
http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true?CMP=KNC-DAPPC&HBX_PK=observer%20archive&HBX_OU=50&AppName=2&gclid=CNjR4JCgwpECFQ6ZQwodPV0ICw&AW=1202943065444

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Two fucking great actors - some of Wales' finest.

The topic for this terms film studies unit at the local indie cinema has been 'British Gangster Movies'. Not a single fucking mention of Mr Madonna though.

Just seen 'Villain' from 1971, now theres a film.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Well you could always cough up the £7 for a day's pass and look it up on the Observer archive:
http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true?CMP=KNC-DAPPC&HBX_PK=observer%20archive&HBX_OU=50&AppName=2&gclid=CNjR4JCgwpECFQ6ZQwodPV0ICw&AW=1202943065444

I might use the uni computers/library to do that actually.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Why Stanley, why exactly is it that you're not down a Welsh coal mine?



Classic stuff.

 

[editor]

Great video clip. Nice find. Looks like they trained the accent out of him a fair bit too.

 

[llantwit]

That was cool.
There's still a bit of Ferndale in the accent though, eh? Crops up at the end of a sentence every now and then.
My dad's from Ferndale. Very proud of Stanley Baker.

 

[Lock&Light]

Very proud of Stanley Baker.

I preferred Stanley Baxter.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Great video clip. Nice find. Looks like they trained the accent out of him a fair bit too.

It looks very early, and incredibly staged and rehearsed - Studio set-up probably. I bet he's not as posh sounding in a more natural interview.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Hiya dude.
How's it?
spose you found this, but there are some interesting quotations from it in thise google book:
http://books.google.com/books?id=IUweWdQ4bv8C&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=%22Lament+For+A+Dead+Welshman%22&source=web&ots=Jk3GDOtnsW&sig=NnIJoWZi-0UjGk81fvRuvF6v3j0

Damn it - they're only up to 1975, Sir Stanley died in 1976. Will probably just have to hang on a bit.

 

[1927]

That was cool.
There's still a bit of Ferndale in the accent though, eh? Crops up at the end of a sentence every now and then.
My dad's from Ferndale. Very proud of Stanley Baker.

He was from Stanleytown wasn't he? Sure there's a plaque on the wall of a house up there, some side street on the right as you go up the valley!

 

[llantwit]

Damn it - they're only up to 1975, Sir Stanley died in 1976. Will probably just have to hang on a bit.

No way! Bummer.
Rest should be up soon, though, they say.

 

[editor]

Richard Burton chats about mining

 

[editor]

And a bit more, while I'm at it

 

[tim]

Richard Burton is trending on Twitter alongside this clip. He died far too young, as did Stanley Baker.

 

[editor]

Richard Burton is trending on Twitter alongside this clip. He died far too young, as did Stanley Baker.

What a voice!

 

[spitfire]

I bought this 7" a few weeks ago and I have the box set of Under Milkwood in the storage unit somewhere.

What a voice indeed.

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[spitfire]

"Bethesda"

it's the way it's said.

 

[ddraig]

Also got that 7", tidy

 

[Saul Goodman]

Richard Burton reminds me so much of Oliver Reed. Both great actors, both absolute cunts.

 

[spitfire]

Also got that 7", tidy

it's a beautiful thing.

I only got it a few weeks ago so am still rinsing it.

 

[Saul Goodman]

You really can't fault this...