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Afternoon Play: Love Letters

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A radio adaptation of AR Gurney's smash-hit play, starring Kyle MacLachlan as the staid lawyer Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Lorelei King as the lively artist Melissa Gardner. Andrew is the son of conscientious American citizens, instilled with a sense of moral ideals and duty to his family and country. He aims to pursue politics as a career in order to change the world for a better place. Melissa is the daughter of upper-middle class WASP parents who live in a vast mansion, have too much money and drink too much. Melissa is a flirt, a drinker and a failure at marriage, and Andrew is her only anchor. The story of their lifelong, bittersweet relationship unfolds from their correspondence - from what is written and also from what is left unsaid.

Contributors

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III:
Kyle MacLachlan
Melissa Gardner:
Lorelei King
Director:
Anastasia Tolstoy
Source: Radio Times

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