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84 Charing Cross Road
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 3m
Helene Hanff, James Roose-Evans
84 Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
Adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans
This wonderful show is a dramatization of business letters between a young struggling writer in New York and an antiquarian book store in London. In a sense, these are also love letters. They are about the love of good literature.
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Cast Size
4w, 3m -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Literature) -
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Details
Summary
This wonderful show is a dramatization of business letters between a young struggling writer in New York and an antiquarian book store in London. In a sense, these are also love letters. They are about the love of good literature. The play takes place over a twenty year period, beginning in 1949 when Helene Hanff (played on Broadway by Ellen Burstyn) first writes Marks & Co. and ends in 1969 with the death of Frank Doel, the delightfully dusty supplier of so many old volumes to Helen who has shown her gratitude through the years by sending "care packages" to the staff of Marks & Co.
"Charming, charming, charming....A gently touching hands across the sea chronicle, sentimental in the best sense of the word." - The New York Daily News"Warm, moving, civilized. A wonderful evening on Broadway." - WABC TV
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1960s, 1950s, 1940s/WWII
- Setting Split set: an apartment and bookshop
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Helene Hanff