Historian and biographer Angela V John is the author of The Actors’ Crucible: Port Talbot and the Making of Burton, Hopkins, Sheen and All the Others, which examines how and why this industrial town became a place of stars as well as steel. For the Cambrian Society’s November meeting she will be concentrating on just one of these big names. Her illustrated talk, Behind the Legend: Port Talbot and the Making of Richard Burton will explore the early life of the Welsh town’s most famous export. It will focus on the young Richard Jenkins before he changed his name and became famous and will provide a refreshing challenge to the usual rags to riches story.
Everybody is welcome to the talk at Earlsdon Park Village Hall at 7.30pm on Friday 24th November.
Cambrian Society Members £5.
Non-members £6.
Pay on the door.
More details: 024 7671 1397.
