Day thirteen of our daily readings from “Dear Los Angeles,” a collection of letters and diary entries from 1542 to 2018, while all of us quarantine in 2020.
Today’s entry comes from 1970, from the (very) personal diary of Richard Burton.
Some additional interesting reading can be found here and in this Town & Country feature.
We love you, Los Angeles!
Burton and Taylor starred in one last play together, Noel Coward's Private Lives. The production received such bad reviews that Taylor actually got drunk and missed a performance. While it's rumored that she was hoping to use the play to get close to Burton again, he was so angry about her missing the show that he turned to his assistant Sally Hay, whom he later married. Taylor was then engaged to lawyer Victor Luna. (credit: Town & Country)
Burton and Taylor, 1971
Burton and Taylor in “Sandpiper” - one of the first films shot on location, in Big Sur, California.