MR BURTON FOLLOWED BY ANGELA JOHN IN DISCUSSION (12A)

Venue: Theatr Gwaun

Date: Saturday September 20th 

Time: 7:00pm

The screening of Mr Burton is followed with Angela John in discussion with Michael Ponsford on the subject of ‘Philip Burton goes to America’.

Director: Marc Evans/2025/UK/124mins

In the Welsh town of Port Talbot,1942, wayward schoolboy Richard Jenkins is caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions.

The remarkable true story of one of Wales’ finest talents, starring Toby Jones and Lesley Manville.

The film ‘Mr Burton’ ends in 1951 as Richard Burton wows Stratford and theatre critics with his acting. But what happened to his great mentor Philip Burton?  His biographer Angela V. John discusses how the erstwhile schoolmaster reinvented himself in mid-century America as a theatre director, ran a New York stage school, delivered lecture-recitals on Shakespeare across the States, wrote books and finally found his ’Significant Other’. He spent his final decades in Key West. He continued to advise Richard behind the scenes. The inter-dependence of the two Burtons persisted.

Venue	Date	Time
Theatr Gwaun	Saturday September 20th	7:00pm