Dear Elizabeth
by Sarah Ruhl

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Highlights

105 mins 1970s Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Based on the compiled letters between poets Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, Sarah Ruhl expresses the beauty in simple correspondence.

Brought to life by reading Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell , Ruhl maps the relationship of the two poets from first meeting to an abbrieviated affair and the turmoil of their lives in between.

Characters

Character
Robert Lowell

A man, between the ages of forty and sixty

Stage Manager
Elizabeth Bishop

A woman, between the ages of forty and sixty

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Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780865478152
ISBN-10 0865478155

Dear Elizabeth is a play written by Sarah Ruhl and published by Samuel French .

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