Rehearsals Begin early to mid-June
Run dates: July 11-14 and 18-21
Directed by Jennifer Kingry
A tender and heart-warming tale of transatlantic friendship, 84 Charing Cross Road is based on the true story of the remarkable relationship that developed between a brassy American writer and a gentlemanly English bookseller.
It begins in the post-war days of the 1940’s, when English books were not only difficult to find in the States, they were prohibitively expensive, especially for a poor struggling playwright living in New York City. A chance encounter with an ad in The Saturday Review prompted the first letter, an endearingly-blunt request with a five-dollar bill enclosed. The friendship that bloomed almost instantly between Miss Helene Hanff in her brownstone and Mr. Frank Doel in his London second-hand bookshop expanded to include fellow bookstore employees. If Helene’s effusive camaraderie is disarming to the Brits, their loveliness of manner and graciousness begets a family-like devotion in her own heart.
For twenty years the letters and books fly back and forth across The Pond, from the end of WWII through the swinging 60’s; over that time, a moving account of human friendship and kindness unfolds. Our modern world seems to have very little time for such things anymore. In an age of texts, tweets, and TikTok, how rare do we feel the quiet thrill of receiving a handwritten personal letter?
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