[XJarhead]

I read somewhere that Burton did a play, and the audience kept asking him to do other things afterwards just to hear his voice. He finally had to stop because he ran out of memorized Shakespeare, so they got him a phone book and he read names.

A different voice from Jones'. Sharper, not quite as deep. And just a great arrogance with that accent. Anyway, though, they're tough to choose between. If you want someone to be the voice of God, though, its Jones. So maybe he gets an extra point for that.

[wimpycat]

I got this CD set, ostensibly for my husband, but it turned out to be one of those Homer Simpson bowling ball type gifts, that has audio clips from many of the big classical actors performing Shakespeare. John Gielgud, John Barrymore, Lawrence Olivier, Alec Guiness, Richard Burton, Jose Ferrer, all performing (not just reading) Shakespeare. Some of them are movie clips, but most I think are BBC clips from plays performed on the radio. You should hear Anthony Quayle from "Antony and Cleopatra"--he has a voice to rival Richard Burton's.

[dsutah]

Did you ever see "The Robe"? R.Burton was in it in a leading role; and he also did the voice-over at the beginning. His voice was 'magnificent'!