A major source of tension between Lydia and Astrid Deetz surrounds the fate of Richard, their respective husband and father, ...

Angela, who has written Behind the Scenes: The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton, said Richard's family was "large" and "caring". "So even though his father had drink problems and even though there ...

Long before Richard Burton became a star ... He pays Richard's alcoholic, homophobic father £50 to make the boy his own legal ward, and moves him into his Port Talbot boarding house – a ...

Richard Burton was that rarest of beasts - a British ... but it requires him to change his name. His father, a hard-drinking miner, essentially sells him for £50 and one wonders just how much ...

Angela, who has written Behind the Scenes: The Dramatic Lives of Philip Burton, said Richard's family was "large" and "caring". "So even though his father had drink problems and there wasn't that much ...