| Description | Written from Puerta Vallarta, Beverly Hills, Palm Springs, Malibu, San Felipe Mexico, France and Italy. For much of this year, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor are taking a 'sabbatical' from work.
Includes discussion of: being guests of Frank Sinatra; the downward turn in his Hollywood fortunes and press treatment; the public perception that he should return to the theatre; feelings about actors and acting; his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor; his own health and giving up alcohol; learning Spanish; life in Mexico and their acquaintances among the local people; meetings with Aaron Frosch about financial matters; the Oscar Ceremony (in which he was nominated as Best Actor for Anne of the Thousand Days but did not win); appearing with Elizabeth Taylor on the Lucille Ball Show; his award of a C.B.E.; Elizabeth Taylor's health, addiction to pills, operation, recovery and relations with her doctor, Rex Kennemer; British and American politics, including reference to Harold Wilson and the 1970 British General Election; writing an article on rugby; the filming of Raid on Rommel in Mexico; preparations for the filming of Hammersmith is Out; voyage on the QE2.
Entries include references to the children, Ivor and his paralysis following his accident, Elizabeth's mother Sarah, Brook and Liz Williams, Charles and Louise Collingwood, Phil Ober and Norma Heyman.
Includes 10 letters inserted within the pages of the diary. These comprise: a note from Elizabeth Taylor to Richard Burton referring to his appearance with Lucille Ball; 2 letters from Michael Wilding to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, ts of a letter from Richard Burton to Kate Burton, 2 letters from the Prime Minister's Office to Richard Burton regarding his award of a C.B.E., a letter of thanks from Laurence Olivier to Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, copy of a letter from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor and two items of correspondence between Maria Burton and Richard Burton.
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