Ahh the Welsh, and the phenomenal, Richard Burton. A voice like a Stradivarius cello in a coal mine. Only the mellifluous Anthony Hopkins and Gregory Peck, both come second. Burton & Peck, truly missed 💔💔💔
@coreycashman47356 ай бұрын
Thank you for gifting me "mellifluous", an excellent word I've thusly added to the repertoire 💛
@suecollins1991 Жыл бұрын
Richard Burton and Dylan Thomas, Two Welsh treasures!!!
@oldsagerat6 жыл бұрын
There is no man, alive today actor or poet with such a powerful voice and presence.
@harrisonw21863 жыл бұрын
There is.... His name is Morgan freeman
@peterdarby14453 жыл бұрын
One of my most powerful childhood memories is the Son et Lumiere, narrated by Richard Burton, on the Giza Plateau by the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. One of the greatest actors, with one of the greatest voices in history - despite a succession of turkeys he starred in!
@elss87173 жыл бұрын
I love John Hurt’s voice. (English actor)
@casanova19253 жыл бұрын
Sam Elliot...
@anniemay45473 жыл бұрын
Oliver Reed and Burton they were well matched..
@555pontifex3 жыл бұрын
I've just listened to half a dozen versions of this. Hopkins comes close. The others should not have bothered. Burton is unsurpassable.
@FLORA43899 Жыл бұрын
Burton and Hopkins come from the same place, Port Talbot, a steel mining town in South Wales, near Swansea where Dylan Thomas was born and lived. All three have that musicality in the accent that the educated people in this part of Wales had, nothing to do with the accent of the rest of the Welsh people, so unic, beautiful voices.
@Rosedawn321 Жыл бұрын
Michael Sheen did a great job too!
@regbowes1127 Жыл бұрын
Add Dylan to that list.
@majorlaff8682 Жыл бұрын
@@regbowes1127 Put him at the top - first! Listen to his 'Hunchback in the Park' and feel your tear ducts storming.
@delfine7163 Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@lindsayrogers66903 жыл бұрын
In a teaching career that spanned over 45 years I covered this poem hundreds of times as I believe every child should read it. I held my father’s hand in between defibrillator shocks as paramedics worked on him, urging him to respond. Unfortunately he didn’t make it. I ended my career teaching delinquent lads in Liverpool. You could hear a pin drop in my classroom as these tough lads realised that I had lived the poem they were reading. Teaching - the best job on the planet.
@carlosdasilva39933 жыл бұрын
I hear you. I know your pain and grieving, I lost someone, a friend and father figure, he was a teacher, too. I respect and admire all teachers in the world. Please, accept my condolences for your loss, and find all peace of mind and happiness in the years to come. PS forgive my grammar and spelling mistakes, English is my second language
@lindsayrogers66903 жыл бұрын
@@carlosdasilva3993 thanks, Carlos. Your spelling and grammar are admirable 😉
@arnoldamaral74063 жыл бұрын
@@carlosdasilva3993 Yours English is excellent my friend. Better than my Spanish or Portugese or Italian. ??? Please be safe 😷🙏☝ . Chaio. Arnold Bourbon Amaral 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇺🇸🇮🇹
@lindsayrogers66903 жыл бұрын
@AMT I’m fine and thanks so much for asking. I’ve just been given the all-clear following surgery for cancer so I am about to enjoy retirement with a vengeance!
@arnoldamaral74063 жыл бұрын
@@lindsayrogers6690Great news & thank you for your beautiful experience. Take care 💙🌍🌏🌎 Arnold Bourbon Amaral
@andyhiscox91946 жыл бұрын
Richard Burton One of the greatest narrators ever. His voice resonates across the decades.
@randyrjf6 жыл бұрын
Schindler
@garyjones23885 жыл бұрын
Been a Burton fan since I was ten years old.as a proud Welshman, he and Dylan were the closest thing to artistic genius we can boast. Both lives cut short before their time in the shadow of the bottle.
@annechambers67414 жыл бұрын
O I love this reading Poet and reader two inspiring and talented men
@theoriginalchefboyoboy60253 жыл бұрын
one of my fav LPs is Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds that Burton narrates...
@ralphkyson45143 жыл бұрын
i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a method to get back into an Instagram account? I was dumb lost the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
@PDavis-lj5ob4 жыл бұрын
NO ONE speaks the words of this famous Dylan Thomas' poem like Richard Burton...Not before and not after.
@saxoncodex97363 жыл бұрын
Agreed, not even the man himself Dylan Thomas, and he was genius incarnate.
@heidimeigs31093 жыл бұрын
Richard Burton had IT. I really liked him.
@LGBTQ715 ай бұрын
Richard Burton. An amazing Welsh Actor. A beautiful voice one which can never die. He was so, so young before his time at 58. This poem was patticularly poiniant even more.
@daydream3243 жыл бұрын
Richard Burton had the most wonderful voice and enunciation. No other can ever equal it, and none can ever surpass it.
@susanhughs10313 жыл бұрын
Without Word's Are Not Necessarily, RIP Richard Burton, Dylan Thomas,
@benreadspoetry79583 жыл бұрын
If you know someone out there who doesn’t have much time for poetry, just play them this.
@elainemcdonald14633 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful
@stephenroberts33984 жыл бұрын
Born down the road from me in South Wales.. Richard Burton loved Swansea born Dylan Thomas and enjoyed performing his work.. Proud to be Welsh.Diolch.
@davidbibey301310 ай бұрын
It's his passion.
@stephenroberts33984 жыл бұрын
Proud Welshman Richard Burton was a genius..
@shanke3003 жыл бұрын
A man with a voice of wilderness and solitude. Tender yet powerful. Powerful force of nature that he is. A great soul for the ages.
@doloresgiusto16593 жыл бұрын
Great words and understanding.
@franceshicks5337 Жыл бұрын
What words from a Welsh poet, read by the WELSHMAN of all WELSHMAN stunning WELSH VOICE god bless you Richard Burton & our poet DYLAN, please read a child's Christmas in Wales xxxxxx everyone
@paulwebb691411 ай бұрын
His 'under milkwood' is epic...
@vantheman12443 жыл бұрын
Always amazes me how stage actors remember the words and then are able to act and deliver the verse as Burton does here. Genius
@johnpbh2 жыл бұрын
The most blessed voice for all time, one of the stars of my age, reading a poem that tells us how we should behave in the twilight of our lives... So uplifting...
@82luft498 жыл бұрын
Richard Burton. A man for the ages. It's a damn shame. He should have knighted before going into that Good Night.
@dinknewcomb73247 жыл бұрын
The actor Burton had a great career and read this poem wonderfully well. BUT, did you know that there was a SIR Richard Burton who lived and died on dates very close to 100 years before the actor Burton? A Sir Richard Francis Burton to be exact, which man was a Victorian Brit superstar whose name was known all over the world and whose name was often on most Brits lips as he outdid himself again and again. He was a polymath of such depth that it seems almost impossible and a xxxxxx? with incredible determination. Sorry to be cryptic but i was hoping to stimulate some of you into looking him up on the web and learning something about the past. I am an American but Sir Richard Burton was one of my youthful heroes. There is an excellent bio at www.britannica.com. For a little spoiler for a memory jog, one of his compatriots was John Hanning Speke, also hugely famous.
@labienus99687 жыл бұрын
Sort of amused by this-showing off? Some of us are quite familiar with the first Richard Burton. I would hardly call him a hero, but a linguist of almost mystical power. Surprised you didn't mention that at least the story is he wa the first non-Muslim to penetrate the secrets of Mecca.
@twirajuda6 жыл бұрын
Maybe he wasn’t a Sir Richard Burton, but a Sir Richard Jenkins (his real name)
@theon95755 жыл бұрын
Ah! You English and your fondness for empty honours and elitist titles! These are even for sale in your House of Lords. The man's artistry speaks eloquently for itself. The name Richard Burton is enough magic, without the medieval honorifics.
@warningsigns45265 жыл бұрын
Knighted? like Elton John? -no
@MyelinProductions11 ай бұрын
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night BY DYLAN THOMAS Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” from The Poems of Dylan Thomas. Copyright 1939, 1946 by New Directions Publishing Corporation. Reprinted with the permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. Source: The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1957)
@donadonev54734 жыл бұрын
What a man... what an actor... what a voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Ade4fish4 жыл бұрын
What a poem, what a Poet !!!!!!
@donadonev54734 жыл бұрын
@@Ade4fish Yes.... true....!!!!!!! But I was writing one article about Richard Burton, so my focus was on him....but I do know he loved Dylan Thomas poetry so much!! But you are right WHAT A POEM!!!
@annaelvis31384 жыл бұрын
Richard have a magic charisma voice.Great great performance with his voice.UNIQUE.FANTASTIC ACTOR.
@seangage9088 Жыл бұрын
What an incredibly powerful powerful combination.....the wonderful poetry of Dylan Thomas read by Richard Burton's !
@melodymacken9788 Жыл бұрын
RIP. Unforgettable.
@fob1xxl Жыл бұрын
That voice is everything that brilliance is about !
@DrJones-nh4my3 жыл бұрын
Watched a lot of movies as a kid with Richard burton. Great actor
@praveenkumar-qz5rk3 жыл бұрын
Spy who came in from the cold ... best movie
@suehold71048 жыл бұрын
that man....that voice..... my own Welsh father's hero. I hope he did not go gentle... nos da, cariad anwyl. xxx
@shrinkingviolet33 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe Richard only lived to be 58 yrs old. xo
@shrinkingviolet33 жыл бұрын
@Bramble Rambles True, but a lot of heavy drinkers live more than 58 yrs. At least some of my relatives, lol. Because of that trait in my family, I made the choice not to do so. xo
@westhawk95992 жыл бұрын
Captivated and spellbound by Richard Burton's voice, that will live forever.
@sarahjanegrobler4396 Жыл бұрын
RICHARD WAS SUCH A TREASURE!!!! THANK YOU RICHARD FOR SHOWING YOUR LOVE FOR ACTING!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@Yomi20123 жыл бұрын
It’s always the best ones who tend to have problem. Richard burton unfortunately was a alcoholic something I can relate to
@stpd195710 ай бұрын
Oh magnificent
@thomasmclarnon58442 жыл бұрын
A great voice a great actor and most importantly a great man. R.I.P Richard
Жыл бұрын
I doubt dad had read this poem, but he raged, raged into that goodnight.
@noracollins20407 ай бұрын
Richard is brilliant. This poem is his
@tomkraft37563 жыл бұрын
he was my favorite actor. His rich and mellifluous voice gave this classic poem even more life and emotion
@douglaschalmers52654 жыл бұрын
A Welsh Shakespearean actor who recites this even better than its author... For all those who fought + thought you had won... how has it CHANGED you? For that is all you can ever take with you... then you can go into the Light
@stephenroberts45796 жыл бұрын
Deep, rich, powerful voice from the rain drenched, coal rich valley..
@markharrison25446 жыл бұрын
He smoked more than 100 cigarettes a day.
@elizabethheyenga92773 жыл бұрын
What a man, so glad he was in his prime when I was able to appreciate him.
@carltonbreezy10 ай бұрын
I'm not sure what it does to you, but as a Welshman it causes me tears and goosebumps.❤️🏴
@Rosemarysummers23 жыл бұрын
Oh how I love this man's voice, the way he recites this poem is magnificent.
@Rosemarysummers23 жыл бұрын
When I think he died quite young, such a wonderful voice, this is the curse of alcohol addiction, such a great waste of wonderful talent.
@kathyjackson11522 жыл бұрын
Not a waste of talent at all.
@johnmacfarlane64443 жыл бұрын
Richard burton what a voice could listen to his voice non stop,beautiful
@richardshiggins7043 жыл бұрын
Incomparable ...a voice for a time capsule to be heard in millennia to come .
@colinharbinson82846 жыл бұрын
Burton reading' Under Milk Wood', nothing better.
@dadkinson3 жыл бұрын
it is fantastic, yes
@Gleadless11 ай бұрын
Wow we mere mortals don’t have the ability and voice of Richard burton
@user-pk1gp7iy2o7 ай бұрын
Richard was brilliant.
@robatkinson87464 жыл бұрын
An utter genius. Yes a most wonderful voice but I feel it is also the way he brings meaning to each word that makes him so special. One of a kind.
@ichi19573 жыл бұрын
Beautiful voice. Great actor.
@somersetuk5253 жыл бұрын
Being half welsh......it's Dylan Thomas I adore then Richard Burton. then Rugby
@maaidakausar98022 жыл бұрын
He was through and through genius in every of his performances his soul was in his eyes and voice which is rare
@patricialoftin85363 жыл бұрын
Burton was an absolutely wonderful actor.
@oscarbustillo73457 жыл бұрын
This is the definitive version to my ears.
@billreeves59494 жыл бұрын
Amen
@joefish609110 ай бұрын
Burtons reading of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is awesome too.
@truebluebrit76323 жыл бұрын
The words that tumbled from this amazing orator's mouth were akin to diamonds that sparkled and shone - we pray that he did go gentle into that good night inasmuch as it was peaceful and without rage. There will never be the like of this gifted human ever again - we are gratified that his recordings live on and we can still be inspired by his wondrous utterances.
@terryjohnson83173 жыл бұрын
And he got to make love to Liz Taylor !!!!!
@lauriem57513 жыл бұрын
Dylan Thomas and Richard Burton were two extraordinary Welshmen
@laurent.6743 жыл бұрын
"Wonderous utterances". Indeed.
@thesevideos43823 жыл бұрын
His is the best!
@jezebeljones6592 жыл бұрын
My mum got me an album of great Welsh actors reading Thomas, when I was 13. It included Emlyn Williams reading A Child's Christmas in Wales, and this. Unforgettable!
@NB-xq4qt3 жыл бұрын
captures the rage and pity better than any.....
@ianbanks2844 Жыл бұрын
I have goose bumps after listening to this . Wonderful .
@amilia9906 Жыл бұрын
such a wondrrful soul unuque actor ever lived
@Rosemarysummers23 жыл бұрын
How I love poetry, it resonates right through me. Could listen to this mans glorious voice always.
@toastwelldunne9 жыл бұрын
what a voice
@geraldojorgedalmaschio964811 ай бұрын
English is the most powerful language for poems in the world.
@robertmansfield83763 жыл бұрын
That voice! That voice! That voice1
@doloresgiusto16593 жыл бұрын
Yes, but to know the Man read his Diaries. They have changed my life.
@sharonarnold17203 жыл бұрын
Richard Burton is my second favourite, but you really can't beat Anthony Hopkins, he is simply the best I love him
@paulfuray8557 Жыл бұрын
Burton’s voice is like velvet 😊
@shoulderghost1 Жыл бұрын
Beauty and mastery in both voice and verse.
@francisbacon77383 жыл бұрын
What a talent. He went early into that good night and not too gently. In fact he boozed and smoked himself there.
@thomaschacko6320 Жыл бұрын
Simply magnificent! A man of supreme talent who left us too soon!
@MC-3423 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him all day👏👏
@Lurvehandles3 жыл бұрын
Not even Dylan Thomas himself could read this as well as Richard Burton. A stunning reading.
@1950bluesman3 жыл бұрын
Hi Dylan Thomas did read this, it is on you tube, better than Burton in my opinion.
@FLORA43899 Жыл бұрын
@@1950bluesman I agree with you. I adore Richard Burton and he was the best person to feel this poem but Dylan Thomas read it better, in a more realistic and tragic way, as he wrote it for his father's impending death. Burton's reading is fascinating as well but more theatrical.
@jorgeargudo37747 жыл бұрын
I love this poem....Courage in words when there is no hope.
@ratnasekharbhattacharjee32513 жыл бұрын
Excellent recreation of Dylan's Rage, Rage.....by Richard Burton. The best ever recitation I listened to..
@PatriciaMoss Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent reading.
@janaelizabethsekelski4 жыл бұрын
Charismatic man 👍
@xres13293 жыл бұрын
When I visit his grave- I remember that he was a quite guy. Not raging at all.
@midianpoet3 жыл бұрын
The day before yesterday I read my poems at the castle, I really have to learn a lot HOW, from the best, thanks for giving Richard's voice here, a wonderful experience, thanks!
@chrisholland73673 жыл бұрын
From one Welsh man to another. Fun fact a certain singer song writer allegedly took Dylan Thomas name because his poetry was popular in the states during the 60s .The name of the singer song writer was Robert Zimmerman he became known as Bob Dylan.
@bbombay624 жыл бұрын
Passion!!!!
@jolankaschoppers13193 жыл бұрын
I love to hear his voice ❤️❤️
@neilwallaceandlolawallace1969 Жыл бұрын
I loved his voice at the end of the film Zulu.
@clairesaalbach93476 жыл бұрын
The perfect voice for this poem!
@marialisduarte12234 жыл бұрын
Thank you .
@colincampbell42613 жыл бұрын
Powerful.
@purplepeace2188 Жыл бұрын
When I was diognosed with a cyst (lymphoma) half the size of my abdomen, crushing and displacing organs I went to Swansea Library looking for the poem "For Whom the Bell Tolls." by Hemmingway. For some reason I had the poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight running through my head. Dylan Thomas the author had lived in Swansea.
@jamesowen12133 ай бұрын
My father wanted to go to Brown's and recite In my craft or sullen art we tried to get him there after my mother's extremely sad passing due to tragedy with dementia her death on a bitter February night in a feild behind a local church. As a family we had stood at dylans grave we were desperate to get dad to Brown's he fell in the bathroom and went into a brain stem coma and never made the journey to Brown's .But in my heart and intoxicated dreams he shared a drink and recited with Dylan Thomas.
@temwananinkana3419 Жыл бұрын
I first saw him in where eagles dare. I was 5 at the time. Instantly he was my heroes.
@mahargsaxet9 жыл бұрын
Probably the best version on KZbin, but I still want more rage !!!
@ZenGrammy8 жыл бұрын
I think more rage would be corny but I would be interested in hearing it to see if I am wrong.
@reyesmartoscepero59878 жыл бұрын
+Enfurecida @
@mihaidetesan8 жыл бұрын
+Reyes Martos Cepero This needs more cowbell
@allenjenkins79473 жыл бұрын
If you want more rage, then listen to Thomas himself. If you want a little less rage then listen to Anthony Hopkins.
@milowagon3 жыл бұрын
Love Richard Burton, best voice. Michael Sheen's recital is visceral and very moving.
@nrgao11 ай бұрын
As I listen to this now, after seeing my father fight for each moment more with those he loved, I can only think of the selfishness of love. Begging those in pain to hold on for our sakes. Because we aren’t ready for them to leave us. For our comfort. I love this poem, but it takes on a different meaning as you get older and watch those you love die.
@IanRob20113 жыл бұрын
Great actor with fantastic voice plus brilliant writer’s words. Lovely
@timeless43208 жыл бұрын
What a classical reading! Great!
@mauricebrian22583 жыл бұрын
Byron is a fellow Welshman and also a great actor.He died too soon
@harryrambler4 жыл бұрын
Perfect voice for this poem recital.
@aislingmichaelaoneill10285 жыл бұрын
Or step into an even greater Light… I knew someone, the second wife of an older man, whose husband looked over her shoulder one day at the door leading outside, said “Good God!” gently in apparent amazement, and sat down. By the time his body reached the chair he had died, leaving a blissfully happy expression on his face.
@dsusan178 жыл бұрын
Alcohol has destroyed so many geniuses. This mortal word to much for him to bear.
@neobailey52686 жыл бұрын
D Rice alcohol is death....
@noheroespublishing1907Ай бұрын
This, edited with footage of the film "The Wild Geese", would be perfect.