Love Letters

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There are two plays called Love Letters, one American, one South African.

Love Letters by A.R. Gurney (1991) =

Written by American playwright, novelist and academic A.R. Gurney (1930-)[1].


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by Pieter Toerien, opening at the Richard Haines Theatre 27 September 1991, directed by Janice Honeyman, starring Jana Cilliers as Melissa Gardner and Sean Taylor as Andrew Makepeace Ladd. This production opened at the Theatre on the Bay on 15 January 1992.

Love Letters by Zakes Mda

A commissioned children’s play written by Zakes Mda for the National Cultural History Museum. The title of the play refers to the age-old tradition of young men and women giving each other beads as love letters.

First published in Let Us Play, Johannesburg: Vivlia Publishers [2], 1998.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed by the Windybrow Centre for the Arts to tour schools in 1995. Directed by Mda.


Sources

Wikipedia [3].

Love Letters theatre programme, 1992.

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