Kit as Player Queen in Hamlet (Broadway, 1964). (9)
Cast includes L-R George Voskovec, Robert Milli, Clement Fowler, Dillon Evans, William Redfield, Robert Burr, Richard Burton, Hugh Alexander, Hume Cronym, Linda Marsh (behind Kit: Eileen Herlie, Alfred Drake)
Elizabeth Taylor's 32nd Birthday bash (10)
George Voskovec, , Hume Cronyn , Eileen Herlie, Linda Marsh, Elizabeth Taylor, George Rose, Richard Burton, Geoff Garland, William Redfield, Kit Culkin, (above Kit, Upper right: John Cullum, Alfred Drake)
Portrait of Kit - by Don Bachardy (1965) (4)
Bachardy (the artist) was very famous for his drawings of celebrities and has his own web site www.americanartists.org. Kit was just a minor up and coming rising star at the time but Lincoln Kirstein himself commissioned him to draw Kit, which is a big honor.
Kit and Richard Burton (6)
Kit and Anthony Quinn (7)
Player Queen (5)
Kit in front of Becket Billboard (8)
While practicing a sword fighting scene in Hamlet, Richard Burton accidentally stabbed Kit in the throat. Kit was rushed to the hospital and stitched up and Richard with his well known sense of humor, sent Kit a card made like a purple heart saying "I did it, I did it". To this day Kit still has a tiny scar.
Richard Burton was an immensely charismatic, charming and fun man who Kit feels privileged to have known. When Kit's mother was dying of cancer at home, Richard took the time to call her. This kindness has never been forgotten.
Richard Burton was an immensely charismatic, charming and fun man who Kit feels privileged to have known. When Kit's mother was dying of cancer at home, Richard took the time to call her. This kindness has never been forgotten.
All photos and drawings in these albums are the property of Kit Culkin. Printing and/or publishing of any kind is prohibited without prior written consent.
