A.R. Gurney has been a tremendously prolific playwright, especially in recent years, but his two best-known plays remain the mid-period "Sylvia" and "Love Letters". The latter is an epistolary comedy-drama, which means the characters don't actually interact but read their letters to each other (and to the audience). Its content aside, the play appeals to producers, not just because it can be mounted on the cheap, but…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:46AM on September 19, 2014