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| Written by | A. R. Gurney |
| Characters | Melissa Gardner Andrew Makepeace Ladd III |
| Date premiered | 1988 |
| Place premiered | New York Public Library New York City |
| Original language | English |
Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the epistolary form sometimes found in novels, they sit side by side at tables and read the notes, letters and cards – in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats – that have passed between them throughout their separated lives.[1]
The play is a performance favorite for busy name actors, for it requires little preparation, and lines need not be memorized. It was first performed by the playwright himself with Holland Taylor at the New York Public Library,[2] then opened in 1988 at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, with Joanna Gleason and John Rubinstein.[3]
- ^ Thomas M. Disch: Love Letters. (Promenade Theatre, New York). In: The Nation. The Nation Institute. 1989.
- ^ Mervyn Rothstein (1989-04-21). "Pairs of Actors Play Spin the Bottle In 'Love Letters'". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ Joseph Marzullo (2015-09-18). "Friday Flashback! Love Letters, Starring Brian Dennehy and Mia Farrow, Opens on Broadway | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved 2023-08-28.