@bbccymruwales: Hollywood actor Richard Burton once said no matter where he travelled, he would always belong to his home village of Pontrhydyfen. Burton, who would have turned 100 today, starred in Cleopatra and was known for his powerful performances in Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and Shakespearean stage roles. On Monday, blue plaques were unveiled at both Burton's birthplace and the former home of his mentor and adoptive father, Philip Burton, marking the centenary celebrations of the actor's life and legacy. "I disguised myself heavily to go to the village because if you think I'm recognisable in England, the United States or India, or somewhere nationally, I'm infinitely more recognisable in here because they all know the family face apart from mine," he told the BBC on a return to the village in 1977. #BBCNews #RichardBurton #Shakespeare #Welshactor #porttalbot #pontrhydyfen #Cymru #Wales
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Tuesday 11 November 2025 18:00:00 GMT
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Rasmus Varnich Blumensaat :
"We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time."
— T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
2025-11-12 00:49:02
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johnnie_f_123 :
Just watched film about Burton and his teacher played by Toby Jones....fantastic give it a watch..
2025-11-12 09:58:25
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Wolfie :
he was a Shakespearen scholar - he & Bobby Kennedy actually had a contest about who was more educated in Shakespeare, each reciting sonnets verbatim - all of them. it was tied until Richard Burton won by reciting them backwards
2026-01-03 19:33:45
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kendelaoire :
Complex , brilliant, stirring and always a Welsh dreamer 👏👏 War of the worlds at 12 on my LP led me to poetry and verse so he shaped my universe along with the Beatles and LFC boss Shankly …. 👏👏
2025-11-12 11:50:46
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Chris Down548 :
I have sometimes travelled from Port Talbot to Neath, not via Baglan, but via Pontrhydyfen and Efail Fach. There is something about it that feels like being in a wild corner of Wales.
2025-11-12 10:36:34
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michaelwaldron65 :
if you ever fly out of Shannon airport a picture on the wall of Burton.harris.o toole on the lash oh to be in that company
2025-11-12 16:27:13
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John mcclain jones :
👍 great man. should have a statue of him
2025-11-12 18:27:23
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caveman1917 :
the greatest voice
2025-11-13 00:12:53
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Pippa :
Always like his deep voice 🥰
2025-11-12 10:20:57
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Not Giordano Bruno :
Wales… it makes sense…😳
2025-11-13 06:53:40
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Clare read :
He was such an erudite man …. Great speaker
2025-11-13 08:46:22
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lorrainearthur30 :
His speaking voice is awesome, but im biased.
2025-11-13 07:05:28
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Tywysoges 🧿 :
its true..no matter how much I complain or get tired, no matter how much I travel or spend time in other places. Cymru 🏴 always has my heart ❤️& is where I belong.
2025-11-12 11:19:44
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Libby :
A true Celt 💯
2025-11-12 13:57:23
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Zeno :
Richard Burton a beautiful man 💖👏👏
2025-11-12 09:46:08
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kitty9794 :
Great voice ❤❤❤❤❤
2025-11-12 10:27:57
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dean.ie :
Supreme 👌🥰
2025-11-12 19:16:15
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johnnie_f_123 :
If you get a minute listen to “Under milk wood”narrated by Burton….iconic Welsh atmospheric scene setting using only Dylan Thomas’ words
2025-11-15 12:36:34
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hedders :
don't care about what he is talking about. it's his fantastic voice. 🥰
2025-11-15 20:18:12
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Beverly Salt Bevvo :
beautiful The Voice
2025-11-13 05:23:22
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Mama Mia :
What a man !!
2025-11-13 15:40:27
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Yada :
Watch Richard Burtons tribute to Frank Sinatra it's exceptional
2025-11-12 19:51:40
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clairbrayshaw :
Loved him - great documentary- the old actors just had this charisma , magnetic energy - I loved how honest they were - also the glamour - and not told what to say by a PR team
2025-11-13 06:38:48
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b0bt0m :
I know this place...
2025-11-13 07:57:34
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