Love Letters (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

Love Letters (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
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For a one woman / one man cast. Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. Romantically attached, they continue to exchange letters through the boarding school and college years-where Andy goes on to excel at Yale and law school, while Melissa flunks out of a series of "good schools." While Andy is off at war Melissa marries, but her attachment to Andy remains strong and she continues to keep in touch as he marries, becomes a successful attorney, gets involved in politics and, eventually, is elected to the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, her marriage in tatters, Melissa dabbles in art and gigolos, drinks more than she should, and becomes estranged from her children. Eventually she and Andy do become involved in a brief affair, but it is really too late for both of them. However Andy's last letter, written to her mother after Melissa's untimely death, makes it eloquently clear how much they really meant, and gave to, each other over the years-physically apart, perhaps, but spiritually as close as only true lovers can be. A unique and imaginative theatre piece which, in the words of the author, "needs no theatre, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorization of lines, and no commitment from its two actors beyond the night of performance." The piece is comprised of letters exchanged over a lifetime between two people who grew up together, went their separate ways, but continued to share confidences. As the actors read the letters aloud, what is created is an evocative, touching, frequently funny but always telling pair of character studies in which what is implied is as revealing and meaningful as what is actually written down
Country USA
Brand DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.
Manufacturer Dramatist's Play Service
Binding Spiral-bound
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780822206941
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.
Manufacturer	Dramatist's Play Service
Binding	Spiral-bound
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780822206941
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Love Letters (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)

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