The Up in Smoke Theatre Company are bringing Sir Arnold Wesker’s 1976 play to the Fringe and will be playing from 7th-22nd August 20:10, but not Sundays, at The Space on the Mile Venue 39.
Letters on Blue Paper:
Victor, a retired Yorkshire trade union leader, is dying of leukaemia. He wants to keep this from his wife,SONIA. Instead he calls to his bedside his protégé, the Professor of Art, in whom he confides, and with whom he attempts to confront ‘the big questions’.
Sonia writes letters to him with neither beginnings nor endings, posts them at the bottom of the road, and delivers them to him in the mornings with his other mail. Neither of them talks about the letters. They begin as simple recollections and end as passionate declarations. Through them she reveals a love she was unable to express and, in recalling their glorious life together, prepares him for death.
This is a warm and touching drama about true love, respect, and the relationship between husband and wife and I feel honored to have been stopped by a member of the company and given an invite to this play. The Up in Smoke Theatre Company have already had a sellout show in 2007 and this show is sure to follow that tradition.
