The Richard Burton Diaries

by Richard Burton

  Macdonald, John D., (i), (ii), (iii); One Monday We Killed Them All, (i), (ii); Travis Magee (series), (i)

  Macdonald, Richard, (i)

  MacDonald, Ross, (i), (ii)

  McDowell, Roddy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  McGuire, Dorothy, (i)

  Machen, Arthur: The London Adventure, (i)

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, (i), (ii)

  McIntosh, David, (i)n144

  McKechnie, James, (i)

  McKee, Alexander: Caen, (i)

  MacKenna's Gold (film), (i)

  McKuen, Rod, (i)

  MacLaine, Shirley, (i); You Can Get There From Here, (i)

  Maclean, Fitzroy, (i)

  MacLeish, Archibald, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  MacNeice, Louis, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  McWhorter, Richard F.: in Rome for The Taming of the Shrew, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); at Hanley's birthday celebration, (i); manner, (i); writes to Zeffirelli, (i); talks to Wallis about Anne of Thousand Days, (i); RB feeds at barbecue, (i); and RB's visit to Ivor, (i); RB sees in Los Angeles, (i); in Hungary, (i)

  Mafia, (i)

  Magnani, Anna, (i)

  Maguy, Alex, (i)

  Mahoney, Gerry A., (i)

  Mai-Mai, (i)

  Mainwaring, Thomas H., (i), (ii)

  Maitland, Marne, (i)

  Malamud, Bernard: The Fixer, (i), (ii)

  Malan, Adolph (‘Sailor’), (i)

  Malary, Guy, (i)

  Malibu, (i)

  Malle, Madame (Anne-Marie Deschodt), (i), (ii)

  Mallon, Thomas, (i)

  Man for All Seasons, A (film), (i)

  Man from Nowhere, The (proposed film), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Man Who Would Be King, The (film), (i)

  Manchester, William, (i); The Arms of Krupp, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Mancini, Henry, (i)

  Mankiewicz, Joseph I., (i), (ii), (iii)

  Mankowitz, Wolf, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Mann, Roderick (Roddy), (i), (ii); The Headliner, (i)

  Mansfield, Jayne, (i)

  Mao Tse-tung, (i)

  Marais, Eugene N.: My Friends the Baboons, (i)

  Marceau, Marcel, (i)

  Marcellin, Raymond, (i)n142

  Marco Polo (film), (i)

  Margaret, Princess, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Maria (stewardess), (i)

  Marlowe, Christopher: Dr Faustus: RB in OUDS production, (i); Coghill adapts for screen, (i)n65; filming, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); Levine promises to back, (i); RB and ET support financially, (i); RB sees completed film, (i); film shown, (i), (ii); opening in Oxford, (i); American premiere, (i); failure, (i)

  Marlowe, Robin, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Marlowe, Stephen: The Shining, (i)

  Marquand, Christian, (i)

  Marquet, Albert, (i)

  Marshall, Ray, (i)

  Martin, Dean, (i)

  Martinelli, Elsa, (i)

  Masalila, Ambrose, (i)

  M.A.S.H. (film), (i)

  Mason, James, (i)

  Massacre in Rome (film), (i)

  Masters, David, (i)

  Mastroianni, Marcello, (i)

  Mastroianni, Marian (RB's cousin), (i)

  Matthews, Gethin, (i)n232

  Maugham, William Somerset, (i)

  Mavroleon, Alessandra Maria (Ally), (i)

  Maxwell, Gavin, (i); Ring of Bright Water, (i)

  Mayer, Louis B., (i)

  Mayer, Oscar, (i)

  Mayne, Ferdy, (i)

  Mayne, W. H. (ironmonger), (i)

  Medusa Touch, The (film), (i)

  Meeting Mrs Jenkins (RB), (i), (ii)

  Mérimée, Prosper: Carmen, (i)

  Merrick, Mike, (i), (ii)

  Merrill, Robert, (i)

  Merriman, Richard, (i)

  Messina, (i)

  Metcalfe, David, (i)n53

  Mexicali, California, (i), (ii)

  Mexico: politics, (i), (ii); see also Puerto Vallarta

  Meyer, R. J. O., (i)

  Miami, (i)

  Michelangelo (ship), (i)

  Michener, James A.: The Drifters, (i)

  Mihailovic, Draza, (i)

  Miles, Christopher, (i)

  Miles, Eddie, (i), (ii)

  Miles, Sylvia, (i)

  Miller, Beatrix, (i), (ii)

  Millfield School, Somerset, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Minnelli, Liza, (i), (ii)

  Mismaloya, (i), (ii)

  Mitchell, Stephen, (i)

  ML Club, London, (i), (ii)

  Monaco, (i)

  Monsarrat, Nicholas: Smith and Jones, (i)

  Monte Carlo, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Montenegro, (i)

  Montesquieu, Madame de, (i)

  Montreux, (i)

  Moore, Dudley, (i)

  Moore, Mary Tyler, (i)

  Moore, Robin: The French Connection, (i)

  Moore, Roger, (i)

  Moorehead, Alan: Eclipse, (i)

  More, George, (i)

  Moreau, Jeanne, (i), (ii)

  Morgan, Cliff, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Morgan, Sir Henry, (i)

  Morgan, John, (i), (ii)

  Morgan, Mary, (i)

  Morgan, Norman, (i)

  Morgan, W. John, (i)

  Morgenstern, Joe, (i)

  Morley, John David, (i), (ii)

  Morris, Alb, (i)

  Morris, Donald R.: The Washing of the Spears, (i)

  Morris, Oswald (‘Ossie’), (i), (ii)

  Morse, Nan, (i)

  Mortimer, Bert, (i)

  Mortimer, Henry, (i)

  Mortimer, Linda, (i)

  Morton, Gary, (i)

  Mosley, Sir Oswald, (i); My Life, (i), (ii)

  Mostar, Yugoslavia, (i)

  Mostel, Zero, (i)

  Mount, Peggy, (i)

  Mountain Ash, (i)

  Moyes, Patricia (‘Penny’), (i)

  Muenz, Richard, (i), (ii)

  Muggeridge, Malcolm, (i); Tread Softly for You Tread on My Jokes, (i)

  Muggleston, Ken, (i)

  Munster, Peggy, (i)

  Munster, Sarah, (i)

  Murdoch, (Dame) Iris, (i), (ii)

  Murphy, Audie, (i)

  Murray, Jim, (i)

  Mussolini, Benito, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  My Cousin Rachel (film), (i), (ii), (iii)

  My Fair Lady (stage musical), (i), (ii), (iii)

  ‘My Life at 50’ (RB; article), (i)n63

  Nabokov, Vladimir, (i); Laughter in the Dark, (i), (ii)

  Narvik, Norway, (i)

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, (i)

  National Eisteddfod, (i)

  National Theatre, London: RB proposed as Director, (i), (ii)

  National Velvet (film), (i)

  Neagle, Dame Anna, (i)

  Nella (ET's maid), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Nelson, Eric, (i), (ii)

  Neruda, Pablo, (i)

  Nesbit, Cathleen, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Neshamkin, Paul, (i)

  Neville, John, (i), (ii)

  New Orleans, (i)

  New York: RB in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  New York Drama Critics’ Circle award (Tony), (i)

  New York Times, (i)

  Newbolt, Sir Henry, (i)

  Newcomb, Pat, (i), (ii)

  Newman, Gordon F.: Sir, you bastard, (i), (ii)

  Newman, Paul, (i), (ii)

  Newsweek (magazine), (i)

  Newton, Robert, (i)

  Niarchos, Stavros Spyros, (i)

  Nicholas, Jack (‘Tadpole’), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Nicholas and Alexander (film), (i)

  Nichols, Mike, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Nickerbocker, Suzy (Aileen Mehle), (i)

  Nicolson, Sir Harold: The Age of Reason, (i)

  Night of the Iguana, The (film), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Night Watch (film), (i)

  1984 (film), (i)
/>   Nino (guard), (i)

  NiŠ, Serbia, (i), (ii)

  Niven, David, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); The Moon's a Balloon, (i)

  Niven, David, Jr, (i)

  Niven, Hjordis, (i), (ii)

  Nixon, Richard M., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Nobel, Alfred, (i)

  Nobel Prize for Literature: awarded to Neruda, (i)

  Nobile, Umberto, (i)

  Norman, Barry, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Norton, Cliff, (i)

  Norway: in Second World War, (i)

  Nova, Ludmilla, (i)

  Novarro, Ramón, (i)

  Now Barabbas (film), (i)

  Nureyev, Rudolph, (i), (ii)

  Oates, Hannah, (i)

  Oates, Rhys, (i)

  Ober, Phil, (i), (ii)

  Oberon, Merle, (i)

  O'Brien, Edna, (i)

  Observer (newspaper), (i)

  O'Connor, Caroline: as ET's nurse, (i), (ii); in Paris, (i); RB and ET discuss sex with, (i); gratitude to RB and ET, (i); life with Burton family, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); shares birthday gift for RB with Jane Swanson, (i); on Aaron Frosch's multiple sclerosis, (i); taken to Ferrières, (i); travels to Gstaad, (i); travels to Paris, (i); on Warren Beatty, (i)

  O'Connor, T. P., (i)

  Odd Man Out (film), (i)

  O'Dwyer, Paul, (i)

  Odysseia see Kalizma

  Oedipus the King (film), (i)

  Ogmore by Sea, Glamorgan, (i)

  O'Hara, John, (i)

  Old Vic theatre, London, (i)

  Olivier, Laurence, Baron: love of dressing up, (i); schooling, (i); RB asked to write on, (i); acting, (i), (ii); plays at Stratford, (i); made life peer, (i); RB proposed as successor as Director of National Theatre, (i), (ii); presence, (i); qualities, (i); recommends RB to Korda, (i); offers TV film to ET, (i); voice, (i)

  Onassis, Aristotle, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)

  Onassis, Jacqueline (earlier Kennedy), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  O'Neill, Patrick, (i)

  O'Neill, Terry, (i)

  Only Game in Town, The (film), (i)n7, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Orchard, John, (i), (ii)

  Orient Express (film), (i)

  Orkin, Harvey, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); death, (i)

  Ormond, John, (i)

  Ormsby-Gore, Alice, (i)

  Orwell, George, (i); A Clergyman's Daughter, (i); 1984, (i), (ii)

  Osborne, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Look Back in Anger (film adaptation), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); A Subject of Scandal and Concern, (i), (ii), (iii); Separation, (i), (ii)

  Oscars (Motion Picture Academy Awards), (i)

  Osservatore della Domenica, (i)

  O'Steen, Sam, (i)

  Ostia, Italy, (i)

  O'Toole, Peter: in Becket film, (i); travels with RB, (i); at races in Paris, (i); nominated for Oscar, (i); and Romy Schneider, (i); abilities, (i); criticised for Macbeth, (i); voice, (i)

  Owen (or Owens), Clifford W., (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Owen, Dai (Hilda's husband), (i), (ii)

  Owen, Gareth, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Owen, Gerwyn (Dai-Hilda's son), (i), (ii)

  Owen, H. (rugby selector), (i)

  Owen, Hilda (née Jenkins; RB's sister): birth, (i); marriage, (i)n54; visits Neath, (i); RB walks with, (i); gives money to RB, (i), (ii); in Swansea, (i); visits RB in Switzerland, (i)

  Owen, Moira, (i)

  Owen, Robert M. (‘Bobby’), (i), (ii)

  Owen, Sian (Hilda's daughter), (i)

  Owen, Wilfred, (i)

  Owens, Arthur (‘Johnny’), (i)

  Owens, Mr (woodwork teacher), (i)

  Oxenberg, Howard, (i)n192

  Oxford: Taylor-Burton Building, (i)

  Oxford English Dictionary: compact edition, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Oxford University: RB takes wartime short course, (i); RB plays in Dramatic Society, (i); RB visits with ET, (i); RB offered tutoring post, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); St Peter's College, (i), (ii)

  Pacino, Al, (i)

  Palm Springs, California, (i), (ii)

  Palmer, Lilli, (i)

  Palmer, Raymond E., (i)

  Palmer, Royston (‘Plum’), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Pan, Hermes, (i)

  Pantage family, (i)

  Paris: RB in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Paris, Jerry, (i)

  Parker, Joy see Scofield, Joy

  Parkhouse, Glen, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Parkinson, Michael: Best: An Intimate Biography, (i), (ii)

  Parkinson, Norman, (i), (ii)

  Parr, Don, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Parrish, John, (i)

  Parry, Bill, (i)

  Patrice (Chris's girlfriend), (i)

  Payn, Graham, (i)

  Paz, Octavio: The Labyrinth of Solitude, (i)

  Peacock, Thomas Love: Nightmare Abbey, (i)

  Peck, Gregory, (i), (ii)

  Pedro (steward), (i)

  Pellissier, Tony, (i)

  Pennington, William, (i)n6

  Penshurst Castle, Kent, (i)

  People (newspaper), (i)

  Peppard, George, (i)

  Pepper, Curtis Bill, (i)

  Pepys, Samuel, (i)

  Percy, Esmé, (i), (ii)

  Perelman, Sidney Joseph, (i)

  Perkins, Anthony, (i)

  Perry, John, (i)

  Petacci, Clara, (i), (ii)

  Peter I (the Great), Tsar of Russia, (i)

  Petrides, Paul C., (i)

  Phil Donahue Show, The (US TV programme), (i)

  Philips, Dai John, (i)

  Phillips, Brinley, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)

  Phillips, Sian (Mrs Peter O'Toole), (i)

  Phipps, B., (i)

  Phipps, Nettie, (i)

  Phoenix, Arizona, (i), (ii)

  Picasso, Pablo, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Pickles, Sheila, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Piggott, Lester, (i)

  Pignatelli, Princess Luciana, (i)

  Pike, Mrs (Raymond's mother), (i)

  Pike, Raymond, (i)n3, (ii), (iii)

  Pinter, Harold, (i)

  Pisar, Sam, (i)

  Players Club, New York, (i)

  Plowright, Joan, (i)

  Podesta, Rosana, (i)

  Poitier, Sidney, (i)

  Polaire, Hal, (i)

  Polanski, Roman, (i)

  Pomona, Los Angeles, (i)

  Pompidou, Claude, (i)

  Pompidou, Georges, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ponti, Carlo, (i), (ii)

  Pontrhydyfen, Glamorgan, (i), (ii)

  Popovi Nikola, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Port au Prince, Haiti, (i)

  Port Talbot, Glamorgan, (i); suffers air raids, (i), (ii); YMCA, (i)

  Port Talbot Secondary School, (i)

  Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, (i)

  Portoferraio, (i)

  Portofino, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Positano, (i), (ii)

  Poston, Ron, (i)

  Pound, Ezra, (i)

  Powell, Afan W. and Gwylfa P. (twins), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Powell, Anthony, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Powell, Dilys, (i)

  Powell, Enoch, (i)

  Powell, Jenkin, (i)n36

  Powell, Sandy (Albert Powell), (i)

  Preece, Susie, (i)

  Preiss, Wolfgang, (i)

  Price, Vincent, (i), (ii)

  Prince of Players (film), (i), (ii)

  Pritchett, Sir Victor S., (i)

  Profile of a Superstar (TV film), (i)

  Proust, Marcel, (i); A la recherche du temps perdu, (i)

  Pryce, Tom, (i)

  Pryce-Jones, Alan, (i)

  Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  Puzo, Mario: The Godfather, (i)

  Pyne,
Natasha, (i)

  Quayle, (Sir) Anthony: at Stratford, (i); in Anne of the Thousand Days, (i), (ii), (iii); manner, (i); childhood in Pontypridd, (i); finances, (i); on plain actresses, (i); on Michael Redgrave, (i); plays in Tarzan film, (i); qualities, (i); runs Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, (i); on art needing form, (i); plays in Sleuth, (i)

  Queen Elizabeth II, RMS, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Quilley, Denis, (i)

  Quinn, Anthony, (i)

  Quinn, Mannock, (i)

  Quogue, Long Island, (i)

  Raft, George, (i)

  Raid on Rommel (film): Hathaway directs, (i), (ii), (iii); filming in Mexico, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); costumes, (i), (ii); RB speaks German in, (i), (ii); reception, (i); RB makes without ET, (i); RB sees as joke film, (i)

  Raimon, Louis Alexandre de see Alexandre de Paris

  Rainier, Prince of Monaco, (i)n17, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Rains of Ranchipur, The (film), (i)

  Rampling, Charlotte, (i), (ii)

  Rattigan, Sir Terence, (i), (ii)

  Rattner, Dr, (i)

  Raven, Simon, (i)

  Rawhide (US TV series), (i)

  Ray, Nicholas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Raymond see Vignale, Raymond

  Reagan, Ronald, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Rebel Without a Cause (film), (i)

  Redé, Alexis Rosenberg, 2nd Baron de, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Redfield, William, (i)

  Redford, Robert, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Redgrave, Sir Michael, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Redgrave, Vanessa, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Reed, Carol, (i)

  Reed, Douglas: The Siege of Southern Africa, (i)

  Rees, Dai, (i)

  Rees, Revd Gwilym, (i)

  Rees, Revd John Caerau, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Rees, Olive, (i), (ii)

  Rees-Williams, Elizabeth see Harris, Elizabeth

  Reflections in a Golden Eye (film), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Reynolds, Christopher T. (‘Pop’), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Reynolds, Debbie, (i)

  Rheims, Maurice, (i)

  Ribes, Edouard, comte de, (i)

  Ribes, Jacqueline de, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Richards, Evan, (i), (ii)n116

  Richardson, Sir Ralph, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Richardson, Tony: and Osborne's Subject of Scandal and Concern, (i); infatuation with Jeanne Moreau, (i); breach with RB, (i), (ii); as director, (i); and payment for RB's TV appearance, (i); invites RB to play in Antony and Cleopatra, (i)

  Ridley, Jasper: Palmerston, (i)

  Rimbaud, Arthur, (i), (ii)

  Ringer, Ron, (i)

  Ritt, Martin, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Ritz, Carl, (i)

  Robards, Jason, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Robe, The (film), (i), (ii)

  Roberti, Francesca, (i)

  Roberts, Evan, (i)n116

  Roberts, Meade, (i)

  Roberts, Rachel (Rex Harrison's wife): drinking, (i); in Paris, (i); abusive and outrageous behaviour, (i), (ii), (iii); barks at ET on telephone, (i); RB works with, (i)