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Person Place Thing

Person Place Thing

Actor Kate Burton

By Randy Cohen

Published December 20, 2024 at 10:30 PM EST

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Courtesy of Belinda Broido

We were sure that terrific actor Kate Burton had seldom heard a discouraging word, but no: “Oh, please, are you kidding? I could do a dramatic reading of all my bad reviews.” And she’d be brilliant in it! Burton tells us about Anton Chekhov, a Vancouver hotel and a cashmere blanket.

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