By Deborah Arthurs PUBLISHED: 04:53 EST, 19 July 2013 | UPDATED: 05:08 EST, 19 July 2013 An intimate photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at the beginning of their love affair is to go on show in a new exhibition. The behind-the-scenes and previously unexhibited photograph is to be included in a display of 10 photographs by Michael Peto in September, it was announced today. The photograph shows Elizabeth Taylor in a hat and necklace passing Burton a lit cigarette while the Welsh actor writes notes during the critically acclaimed BBC radio recording of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood in October 1963.
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Photograph taken by Michael Peto in October 1963
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Couple met during filming of Cleopatra in 1962 -- both had spouses
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They subsequently fell in love and went on to appear in 11 films together
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The fiery duo were married and divorced twice
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Picture shows couple before they married for first time in 1964
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Burton said of tempestuous union: 'You can't keep clapping a couple of sticks [of dynamite] together without expecting them to blow up'
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