PLOT:
The story is told through the letters of two men, both German
- business partners and friends. One is Jewish, and his partner
returns to Germany. The year is 1932 and the rise of Nazi
power in Germany is reflected in the correspondence between
them: Max, the Jew, remaining in San Francisco and Martin
living in Munich. However, Martin is drawn to National Socialism
and their relationship can never be the same again, particularly
as they face the same personal crisis, provoking an unexpected
and thought-provoking final act of revenge.
Originally considered as "the most effective indictment
of Nazism to appear in fiction", the play now emerges
as a timely cautionary tale against racial, ethnic and nationalist
intolerance. |
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PLOT:
A smash hit both off and on Broadway, Love Letters, traces
the lifelong correspondence of the staid, dutiful lawyer Andrew
Makepeace Ladd III and the lively, unstable artist Melissa
Gardner. A funny and perceptive reading which begins with
birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards and
evolves through decades of friendship, estrangement and diverse
life choices. Their relationship unfolds into an an eloquent
depiction of love from what is written and what is left unsaid
in their letters.
In Gurney's introduction to the play, he states that Love
Letters was created during an exercise to learn how
to type. Not only did he learn to type as a result, but he
also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1990. From the original
production at The Long Wharf Theatre, the play moved off Broadway,
onto Broadway and around the world. |
