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Producer andfrom a 2014 productionWritten byCharactersMelissa GardnerAndrew Makepeace Ladd IIIDate premiered1988 ( 1988)Place premieredOriginal languageEnglishLove Letters is a play by that was a finalist for the. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. Using the form sometimes found in, 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.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 at the, then opened in 1988 at the in, with Joanna Gleason.
Contents.Plot 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. 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.Broadway & Off-Broadway productions Directed by, it opened with and on March 27, 1989, at the Promenade Theatre, where it ran for 64 performances. The play was performed only on Sunday and Monday evenings and changed its cast weekly. Among those who appeared in it were, Hank Offinger, Rebecca Cole, and Nancy Blaine.On October 31 that same year, a production opened at the, where it ran for 96 performances.
It opened with. Other performers paired in the Broadway production included and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and and.Other productions In 1990, the play had lengthy seasons on the West Coast, at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, and the Theater on the Square in San Francisco, with many name actors from the movie industry. It also adapts very well for performance on cruise ships.In the early 1990s, reunited with his co-star for a tour with Love Letters.
Later, in 2006, Hagman performed in the play five times in New York and Florida with his co-star.Shortly before his death in 1992, appeared in the touring production of Love Letters, opposite.On Valentine's Day 1992, and his wife Lydia Clarke performed the play at the in.In the mid 1990s, the play toured with. However, before performing with his wife, Jill St. John, Wagner acted with his co-star beginning in Boston in 1988.
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