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Richard Burton on a curious meeting with Winston Churchill
Actor Richard Burton (b.10 November 1925 – d.5 August 1984) recalls meeting Winston Churchill when he came to see him as Hamlet at the Old Vic in 1953, and tells Michael Elwyn how Churchill insisted on saying the lines along with him in the theatre.
Taken from My Time Again: Richard Burton, originally broadcast on 30 July 1965.
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