AN ACTOR'S ROLE
eir=On page 1/ of Lhe Listener, November 5, the author of the article "Radio Conversation Piece" writes: "Richard Burton . . . created the hero’s role in The Lady’s Not for Burning." Surely this is incorrect. Thomas Mendip, I always understood, was the hero, which role was played originally by Alec Clunes in the Arts Theatre, London, ‘in March, 1948, and latterly by John Gielgud in the Globe Theatre, London, in 1949. Richard Burton played the part of Richard in the last-mentioned production, and did not take. part at all in the first. I have noticed quite a few little inaccuraciés in similar vein in various of your articles, and in a spirit of constructive criticism would like to point out that such are most irritating to the reader, and are very easily avoided by the author having a véry certain knowledge of his or her subject or failing this by referring to a reliable book céntain-*
ing the play.
A. M.
HUNT
(Levin).
(The error is regretted.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 5
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168AN ACTOR'S ROLE New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 802, 3 December 1954, Page 5
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