Richard Burton News

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton would've made a compelling case study in the neurological and psychological underpinnings of breakups.

Three paintings, from the Hollywood star's collection, by Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Pissarro, respectively, fetched 13,787,750 at the Christie's sale, more than double their pre-sale estimate of 6.2million. The highest-selling piece was Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy by Van Gogh, which was bought by an anonymous telephone ... (more)

The arrival of Look Back in Anger, John Osborne's revolutionary play about anger, decay and the rage simmering beneath the surface of British losers in the 1950s, revolutionized play writing and marked the beginning of a new decade of torn T-shirts and kitchen-sink misery on the London stage and the end of the well-written, elegantly staged works ... (more)

"The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted to Distracted By Her Beauty to Notice," by M.G. Lord, is shown.

Though it was released in 1953 by 20th Century Fox, the Robe is a Biblical epic film which is immediately familiar to most Americans because it is typically shown on Easter weekend during prime hours, a tradition which first started in 1967, when ABC aired it with only one commercial break, a previously unheard of luxury not even afforded to the ... (more)

Richard Burton lives! An arthouse mashup of The Odyssey and England's colonial immigration wave following World War II, The Nine Muses samples many more texts than Homer's. You'll also hear audio-book snippets from Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, and Dylan Thomas, read by Burton, Michael Sheen, and even John Barrymore.

The Transformers star was named as a frontrunner to play the Cleopatra icon in Lifetime network's forthcoming TV biopic Liz & Dick, about Taylor's love affair with Richard Burton.

On Jan. 22, 1912, the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad, which connected the Keys with the mainland, went into service; aboard the first train to reach Key West was the line's founder, Henry Flagler.

Now comes Cleopatra the historical figure, starring in a touring museum exhibition that will arrive May 23 at the California Science Center in Exposition Park for a seven-month stay.