84 Charing Cross Road
by James Roose-evans

84 Charing Cross Road Book Cover
84 Charing Cross Road Cover

Synopsis

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.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 4 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1983
ISBN 10
0573110050
ISBN 13
9780573110054
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
92 pages
Language
English
Print
84 Charing Cross Road is a British play written by and published by Samuel French in 1983. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573110054 and an ISBN-10 of 0573110050.

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