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The Lure of Letters

Tammy Strobel
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Tab Hunter and Joyce DeWitt, Elizabeth Taylor and James Earl Jones, Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels, Samantha Bee and Jason Jones from "The Daily Show," Timothy Hutton and Elizabeth McGovern: I could go on and on. These are all couples who have acted together in A.R. Gurney's play, "Love Letters."

The play is amazingly elastic. Do you want to see Larry Hagman and Linda Gray together one more time post-Dallas? Well, they did "Love Letters." 

Pete Gurney is with us on the show this hour, along with another writer who has used the epistolary form, which has been around a long time. We talk to Gurney about his playwrighting career. Then we talk about letters, ending with a young man who is finding an interesting way to revive the form and recruit his own generation.

GUESTS:

  • A.R “Pete” Gurney is an American playwright and novelist. He's written almost 50 plays including "Love Letters," "The Dining Room," and "The Snow Ball," which he based on his novel of the same name.
  • Mark Dunn is a playwright and novelist. He is author of "Ella Minnow Pea" and "AmericanDecameron."His plays include "Belles," and "Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain."
  • Travis White is a student at Central Michigan University and the founder of “Letter for Better”

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public.
Betsy started as an intern at WNPR in 2011 after earning a Master's Degree in American and Museum Studies from Trinity College. She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. She still produces shows with Colin and the team when her schedule allows.

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