"This is a play, or rather a sort of a play, which needs no theater, no lengthy rehearsal, no special set, no memorization of lines and no commitment from its two actors beyond the night of performance. It is designed simply to be read aloud by an actor and an actress of roughly the same age, sitting side by side at a table." -- A. R. Gurney
Written in 1989, Love Letters by A. R. Gurney created something very accessible to audiences, performers and theater producers. Gurney's play simply involves actors reading fictional letters that reveal the correspondence of a man and a woman, from their childhood until their middle age.
Because the lines are meant to be read and not memorized, many famous actors and actresses of have been drawn to these "star-crossed lovers," sometimes for just a single performance. Last December, Elizabeth Taylor and James Earl Jones performed for a charity event-- Taylor performing on stage for the first time in 23 years!
Read the beginning of Love Letters at Amazon.com.
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