The Richard Burton Diaries (301 page)

Berkeley, Vicky,
(i)

Berle, Milton,
(i)

Berle, Ruth,
(i)

Berliner Ensemble,
(i)

Bernstein, Leonard,
(i)
,
(ii)

Bertrand (ET's chauffeur),
(i)

Besançon, André (‘Bobo’),
(i)
,
(ii)
; suicide and funeral,
(i)
,
(ii)

Best, George,
(i)
,
(ii)

Best, Miss M. E.,
(i)

Betti, Ugo:
The Queen and the Rebels
(play),
(i)

Beverly Hills Hotel,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Beynon, J.,
(i)
,
(ii)

Bible: In the Beginning, The
(film),
(i)

Binet, Jean-Paul,
(i)

Bismarck, Otto Christian Archibald, Prince von and Anne-Marie, Princess,
(i)

Bisset, Jacqueline,
(i)

Bitter Victory
(film),
(i)
,
(ii)

Black, Daniel,
(i)

Blackmore, Ruth,
(i)

Blake, Robert:
Disraeli
,
(i)

Blake, William,
(i)

Blanc, Suzanne:
The Rose Window
,
(i)

Blandford, James Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of,
(i)

Blomberg, Field Marshal Werner von,
(i)
n152

Bloom, Claire: relations with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
n21,
(iv)
; RB meets in London,
(i)
; RB works with,
(i)
; appearance,
(i)

Bluebeard
(film),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)

Bobo, The
(film),
(i)

Bogarde, Dirk,
(i)

Bogart, Humphrey,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Bohan, Marc,
(i)

Bolkan, Florinda,
(i)

Bond, Gary,
(i)

Bonifacio, Corsica,
(i)

Boom!
(film): making,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; released,
(i)
; shown and discussed,
(i)
; fails at box office,
(i)

Boothby, Robert, Baron,
(i)

Bouton, Jim:
Ball Four
,
(i)

Bowditch (fellow pupil),
(i)

Bowen, Elwyn,
(i)

Bowen, Rees,
(i)

Boys in the Band, The
(film),
(i)

Bozzacchi, Claudye (
née
Ettori): RB lunches with,
(i)
; woken by Maria,
(i)
; marriage to Gianni,
(i)
,
(ii)
; and Robin Marlowe's request for contraceptive,
(i)
; in Paris,
(i)
; gives birthday presents to RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; RB talks with,
(i)
,
(ii)
; in Yugoslavia,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; on heavy rain,
(i)
; bores RB,
(i)
; in Ariel,
(i)
; on Joey Heatherton,
(i)

Bozzacchi, Gianni: marriage to Claudye,
(i)
,
(ii)
; Robin Marlowe requests contraceptives from for junior Michael Wilding,
(i)
; in Paris,
(i)
,
(ii)
; gives birthday presents to RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; accident with Mace,
(i)
; carries restorative,
(i)
; in Yugoslavia,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; bores RB,
(i)
; on value of ET's furs,
(i)
; unpaid,
(i)
; on expenses in Yugoslavia,
(i)
; Hebe Dorsey complains of non-payment by,
(i)
; in Ariel,
(i)
; on Joey Heatherton,
(i)
; photographs,
(i)

Brace, Onllwyn,
(i)
,
(ii)

Braddon, Russell,
(i)
,
(ii)

Bragg, George Henry,
(i)

Bragg, Melvyn, Baron: biography of RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; and RB's diaries,
(i)

Braine, John:
Life at the Top
,
(i)

Bramble Bush, The
(film),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Brando, Marlon: in Italy with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; embarrasses Stark,
(i)
; picks up New York Critics award for ET,
(i)
; personality and appeal,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; ET calls on phone,
(i)
; stage acting,
(i)
; dependence on Kazan,
(i)
; declines film parts,
(i)
; intellect,
(i)
; marriage to Anna Kashfi,
(i)
; proposed to play Mussolini,
(i)
; RB accuses of laziness,
(i)

Brandon, Henry,
(i)

Brandt, Willy,
(i)

Braswell, Charles,
(i)

Breakthrough
(film),
(i)

Bremner, Billy,
(i)

Breslin, Jimmy,
(i)

Brezhnev, Leonid,
(i)
,
(ii)

Brickhouse, Jack and Pat,
(i)

Bridges, Beau,
(i)

Brief Encounter
(film),
(i)

Brighton Rock
(film),
(i)

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): RB records for,
(i)
; Third Programme,
(i)

Britton, Eva,
(i)

Britton, Jasper,
(i)

Britton, Tony,
(i)
,
(ii)

Broadway Limited
(railway train),
(i)

Brogan, Denis,
(i)

Brook, Peter,
(i)
,
(ii)

Brooke, Rupert,
(i)

Brown, Christy,
(i)

Brown, George Stanford,
(i)

Brown, Pamela,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Browne, Roscoe Lee,
(i)

Broz, Jovanka (Tito's wife),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Bruhn, Erik Belton Evers,
(i)

Bryant, John,
(i)

Brynner, Doris,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Brynner, Rocky,
(i)
,
(ii)

Brynner, Victoria,
(i)

Brynner, Yul,
(i)

Bucerias, Mexico,
(i)

Buckley, Patricia,
(i)

Buckley, William F.,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Budapest,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

Buffman, Zev,
(i)
,
(ii)

Bujold, Geneviève: relations with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; in
Anne of the Thousand Days
,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; A. P. Herbert makes pass at,
(i)
; behaviour,
(i)
; unpopularity,
(i)
; RB criticises,
(i)

Bulgari, Gianni,
(i)

Burroughs, William S.:
Exterminator
,
(i)

Burton, Hal (ed.):
Acting in the Sixties
,
(i)

Burton, Jessica (RB's daughter): birth,
(i)
; in Paris,
(i)
; christening,
(i)
; RB's relations with,
(i)
; letter to RB,
(i)
; RB's hopes for,
(i)
; in Switzerland with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; inheritance from RB,
(i)

Burton, Kate (RB's daughter): birth,
(i)
; in Geneva,
(i)
; christening,
(i)
; and mother's remarriage,
(i)
; RB's relations with,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; RB meets in USA,
(i)
; visits to RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; correspondence with RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; RB sends money to,
(i)
; sculpture of,
(i)
; seasick on yacht,
(i)
; writes diary as child,
(i)
; Ivor and Gwen take to New York,
(i)
; ungenerous nature,
(i)
; attends Besancon's funeral,
(i)
; dislikes caviare,
(i)
; RB takes to New York on
Queen Elizabeth
,
(i)
; visits Ivor Jenkins,
(i)
; takes small part in
Anne of the Thousand Days
,
(i)
; manner,
(i)
; writing,
(i)
; appearance,
(i)
,
(ii)
; compliments RB,
(i)
; in Mexico with RB,
(i)
; leaves Mexico,
(i)
; swearing,
(i)
; view of parents,
(i)
; lifestyle,
(i)
; fourteenth birthday,
(i)
; love of flying,
(i)
; shows off before girlfriend,
(i)
; in New York,
(i)
; enters college,
(i)
; visits RB in Switzerland,
(i)
; birthday (1975),
(i)
; acts in
Alice in Wonderland
with RB,
(i)
; acting in New York,
(i)
; attends Tennessee Williams’ funeral,
(i)
; marriage to Michael F. Ritchie,
(i)
n54; plays in
Ellis Island
with RB,
(i)
; inheritance from RB,
(i)

Burton, Philip: background,
(i)
; influence on RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
; RB moves into home and taken as ward,
(i)
; teaches RB,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; stage productions,
(i)
n167; directs RB in school play,
(i)
,
(ii)
; visits London to see Shaw,
(i)
; in Port Talbot YMCA,
(i)
n247,
(ii)
n252; and RB in New York,
(i)
; moves to USA,
(i)
; RB writes to from Sardinia,
(i)
; visits RB in Italy,
(i)
; praises ET in
Secret Ceremony
,
(i)
; compared with Mrs Trench,
(i)
; tells RB to be patient with Michael Wilding,
(i)
; in Florida,
(i)
; legacy from RB,
(i)

Burton, Richard: diaries,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; birth and family background,
(i)
; sister Cis takes care of as child,
(i)
; chapel-going,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
; musical interests,
(i)
; rugby football-playing,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; schooling,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; leaves school and works in store,
(i)
; Philip Burton's interest in,
(i)
; works for Co-operative Wholesale Society,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; adopts surname Burton,
(i)
; moves in with Philip Burton and becomes ward,
(i)
; takes Oxford University short course,
(i)
; trains as RAF navigator,
(i)
; awards and nominations,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
; early stage and film parts,
(i)
; marries Sybil Williams,
(i)
; Shakespearean roles,
(i)
,
(ii)
; children with Sybil,
(i)
; first meets ET,
(i)
; moves to Céligny, Switzerland,
(i)
,
(ii)
; drinking,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
; first romance with ET,
(i)
; romantic liaisons,
(i)
; marries ET (1964),
(i)
; Sybil divorces,
(i)
; self-criticism,
(i)
,
(ii)
; early death,
(i)
; proposed autobiography,
(i)
; rows with ET,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
; supposed relations with leading ladies,
(i)
; spelling,
(i)
; complex character,
(i)
; filmgoing as youth,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
; plays Monopoly,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; works as paper-boy,
(i)
; takes school exams,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; plays tennis,
(i)
,
(ii)
; school sports,
(i)
,
(ii)
; collects horse manure,
(i)
; cricket,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; reading,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
,
(xiv)
,
(xv)
,
(xvi)
,
(xvii)
,
(xviii)
,
(xix)
,
(xx)
,
(xxi)
,
(xxii)
,
(xxiii)
,
(xxiv)
,
(xxv)
,
(xxvi)
,
(xxvii)
,
(xxviii)
,
(xxix)
,
(xxx)
,
(xxxi)
,
(xxxii)
,
(xxxiii)
,
(xxxiv)
,
(xxxv)
,
(xxxvi)
,
(xxxvii)
,
(xxxviii)
,
(xxxix)
,
(xl)
,
(xli)
,
(xlii)
,
(xliii)
,
(xliv)
,
(xlv)
,
(xlvi)
,
(xlvii)
,
(xlviii)
,
(xlix)
,
(l)
,
(li)
,
(lii)
,
(liii)
,
(liv)
,
(lv)
,
(lvi)
,
(lvii)
,
(lviii)
,
(lix)
,
(lx)
,
(lxi)
,
(lxii)
,
(lxiii)
,
(lxiv)
,
(lxv)
,
(lxvi)
,
(lxvii)
,
(lxviii)
,
(lxix)
,
(lxx)
,
(lxxi)
,
(lxxii)
,
(lxxiii)
; in wartime air raids,
(i)
,
(ii)
; plays billiards,
(i)
,
(ii)
; swimming,
(i)
,
(ii)
; in school play,
(i)
,
(ii)
; takes School Certificate exam (‘matric’),
(i)
; quarrel with Elfed James,
(i)
; installs Anderson air raid shelter,
(i)
; lacks confidence in Welsh language,
(i)
; fifteenth birthday,
(i)
; joins YMCA,
(i)
; smokes pipe as schoolboy,
(i)
; takes first communion as member of Noddfa Chapel,
(i)
; gambling,
(i)
,
(ii)
; learns to ski,
(i)
; studies Russian,
(i)
; ranking in
Motion Picture Herald
,
(i)
; makes records,
(i)
; watches rugby internationals,
(i)
,
(ii)
; ET praises,
(i)
; honeymoon with ET,
(i)
; plays Yahtzee (dice game),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; marriage relations with ET,
(i)
; plays piano,
(i)
,
(ii)
; dislikes paparazzi,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; pet dogs,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
; celebrates 40th birthday,
(i)
; attends ballet,
(i)
; financial anxieties,
(i)
; self-image,
(i)
; preparations for film parts,
(i)
; and shooting of
Taming of the Shrew
,
(i)
; gives up drink temporarily,
(i)
,
(ii)
; takes Finalgon (drug),
(i)
; depressions,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; smoking,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; competes in father's race at Maria's school sports,
(i)
; and death of sisters,
(i)
,
(ii)
; learns Italian,
(i)
,
(ii)
; skin trouble,
(i)
; loses taste for alcohol,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; gives away money,
(i)
; follows American baseball,
(i)
; exercises,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; attitude to public figures,
(i)
; bet to write book,
(i)
; fears losing ET,
(i)
; forty-first birthday,
(i)
; defends pornography,
(i)
; narration for documentary on Florence,
(i)
; passion for ET,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; purchases yacht on cruise in Mediterranean,
(i)
; sculpted by Rocchi,
(i)
; arthritic arm and wrist,
(i)
,
(ii)
; loses weight,
(i)
; dislikes flying,
(i)
; gives money to Howard and Mara Taylor,
(i)
; buys jet plane for ET,
(i)
; buys jewellery for ET,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; and ET's hysterectomy,
(i)
; knowledge of French,
(i)
; desire for river barge,
(i)
,
(ii)
; earnings and wealth,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
; Universal Pictures threatens to sue,
(i)
,
(ii)
; wears alopecic baldwig,
(i)
,
(ii)
; temper and ill behaviour,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
; offered tutoring post at Oxford,
(i)
,
(ii)
; arthritis in hip,
(i)
; forty-third birthday,
(i)
; mink coat,
(i)
; Zanuck sues for $55 million,
(i)
; mimicry,
(i)
; seduction technique,
(i)
; political views,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; misses absent ET,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
; hates the English,
(i)
,
(ii)
; ice-skating,
(i)
; skiing,
(i)
; Christmas in Gstaad,
(i)
; eye damaged in fight,
(i)
; disparages the French,
(i)
; diets,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; cosmic pessimism,
(i)
; attitude to acting,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; records for BBC,
(i)
; writing,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
,
(x)
,
(xi)
,
(xii)
,
(xiii)
; visits dentist,
(i)
; on national stereotypes,
(i)
; grows beard,
(i)
; charitable gifts,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; dreams,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; supports family financially,
(i)
; punishes soldier at Paddington Station,
(i)
; fitted for costume,
(i)
; reaction to interviews,
(i)
; religious scepticism,
(i)
,
(ii)
; lists worthwhile films,
(i)
; singing voice,
(i)
,
(ii)
; talking,
(i)
; plays badminton,
(i)
,
(ii)
; steals books from Foyle's,
(i)
; performs in foreign languages,
(i)
; gives speech in Geneva,
(i)
; weight,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
; gives up drink after health check-up (1970),
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
,
(ix)
; learns Spanish,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)
,
(vi)
,
(vii)
,
(viii)
; loses sexual urge,
(i)
; at Oscars (1970),
(i)
; appointed CBE,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; given ticket for speeding,
(i)
; attitude to reviewers,
(i)
; dreams of retiring onto
Kalizma
,
(i)
; learns German,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
; relishes fame,
(i)
; diminished sexual appetite,
(i)
; on causes of illness,
(i)
; uses exercise bike,
(i)
; invested with CBE,
(i)
; learns Serbo-Croat,
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
; proposed as Director of National Theatre,
(i)
,
(ii)
; plays table tennis,
(i)
,
(ii)
; acquires TV movie machine,
(i)
; in knife-throwing act,
(i)
; and ET's overdosing on sleeping pills,
(i)
; view of film directors,
(i)
; creditors,
(i)
; views on entourage,
(i)
; in helicopter drama,
(i)
; reflects on stage and film career,