“David Hemmings as Coleridge”
That would be interesting. I remember Hemming in “The Charge of The Light Brigade” and he had intensity and shocking good looks. But I would like to have seen Richard Burton play the part of Coleridge. Burton, in the 1960s movie “Boom,” read the first few lines of Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and it was magical. His voice was almost cavern-like, like a spirit descending slowly to a subterranean plateau, and accompanied with John Barry’s beautiful music.
Unfortunately, Burton was probably filming something like Boom! and would probably have turned down Clouds of Glory unless it was for money or if Liz could be in it.
Burton was one of the great talents of our time who was unique and whose like will never be seen again. Too bad he got lost in the Taylor/Burton wilderness. There is a very fine audio recording of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner featuring Burton and the recently deceased John Neville.
If you want a real treat then, get the soundtrack for "Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds". Richard Burton did the narration for the musical and it was just outstanding ... it gives me the chills to listen to him and the music. He opens the narration and then, at 4:55, picks up the narration again.