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.

The play tells the story of Andrew and Melissa and their amusing friendship and romantic liasons taking them from their first school days through to adulthood and beyond.

Their letters are all funny, compelling and moving and their words allow us to come to know them both. We share their good times and their sad days, their highs and lows.

Love Letters by A R Gurney      Mick Langan and Val Baggett

There will be a matinee production of this play which will be a first for Ecclesfield Priory Players.

We are trying to copy the successful experience of other small theatres and offer our audiences a time to visit the EPPiC Theatre which they find more suitable.

This is a play which has enjoyed many successes on Broadway and the West End starring famous actors of stage, screen and television. The cast lists read like a who’s who of Acting Greats including Dame Elizabeth Taylor …. “When I last acted on stage I could not imagine ever doing so again”.

Dame Elizabeth had not acted for 24 years when she returned to the stage for a World Aids Day Charity fundraiser and tickets sold for $2500.

The author was among the A list audience who contributed millions of dollars.

2.30pm and  7.30pm Tuesday June 18th     7.30 pm Wednesday June 19th at the EPPiC Theatre , Ecclesfield

 

Love Letters by A R Gurney      Dame Elizabeth Taylor and James Earl Jones

Dame Elizabeth had not worked on a stage for 24 years when she appeared, dressed in a stunning orange and fur Michael Kors gown complemented by earrings of coral, amethyst and diamonds — presents from Richard Burton, from way back when.

1 December 2007 Paramount Studios, Hollywood.

https://www.dameelizabethtaylor.com/love_letters.html

Love Letters by A R Gurney      Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove

The play follows two characters physically separated but who connect on an intellectual and emotional level as romance blossoms over years of shared correspondence, following a chance encounter at a birthday party. A thank you note turns into a lifelong friendship as the couple share nostalgic memories, bittersweet moments, and a close-knit bond. 

May 2021 for 1 week at the Theatre Royal Windsor

May 2021 for 5 weeks at the Theatre Royal Haymarket London

https://www.officialtheatre.com/theatre-royal-haymarket/love-letters/

Love Letters by A R Gurney      Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw

Following a critically acclaimed tour of Broadway and the US,  Hollywood's Ali MacGraw and

Ryan O’Neal ( remember the film Love Story ? )  starred in a UK tour of Love Letters.

An enduring romance about first loves and second chances.

Andrew and Melissa are two young people from similar backgrounds  who take very different paths in life.

Despite leading lives which should not intersect, they can’t let go of each other through their lifelong friendship, marriages, and families with other people.

September 2017 for 12 weeks at the Theatre Royal Bath

https://www.eon.co.uk/love-letters/