Hugh Whitemore

Full Length, Comic drama

2 m, 2 f

Int.

This unusual play by the author of Breaking the Code is adapted from the letters and writings of Dame Laurentia McLachlan, Sir Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw, close friends who exchanged a flood of correspondence during their lives. Their letters and essays are cleverly woven into a play about friendship, love of learning, and the inquiring mind's incessant search for answers to the big questions. Staged as a full production in New York, The Best of Friends works equally well as a simple platform reading.

"A literate, engaging evening of theatre."-New York Daily News

"A delightful interlude."-Associated Press

"Terrific...A valuable tribute to the art of friendship."-Gannett Newspapers

"Animated and engaging...A conversation of the highest order."-The New Yorker

FEE: $75 per performance.