A.R. Gurney, the playwright who in such comedies as The Dining Room, The Middle Ages and Sylvia chronicled the foibles and fantasies of the well-heeled American WASPS of which he was a quintessential exemplar, died Tuesday at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 86. Gurney may be best remembered today for Love Letters, his two-hander describing the lives of childhood friends that has become a staple o…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:59PM on June 14, 2017