Philip Burton (Q61162)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Welsh teacher, writer, television producer and theatre director
- Philip Henry Burton
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Philip Burton |
Welsh teacher, writer, television producer and theatre director |
|
Statements
30 November 1904Gregorian
0 references
28 January 1995
0 references
Philip Henry Burton (1904-1995), theatre director and writer, was a teacher at the Port Talbot secondary school attended by Richard Burton (then Jenkins) during the early 1940s. Burton became Jenkins's legal guardian and the boy adopted his mentor's surname as his own. Burton nurtured Richard's theatrical talent and helped launch the younger man's acting career. Their relationship is recorded in Burton's Richard and Philip: The Burtons. A Book of Memories (London, 1992).
0 references