The Letter Writer

• Written by: Juliet O'Brien
• Directed by: Juliet O'Brien
• Circa One
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• 07 March − 21 March

“A beautiful play which deeply touches our hearts” – Pariscope

A story of absolute power, of those who possess words over those who have none.

A young exile requires the services of a professional ‘Letter Writer’ to write love letters to the wife he has left behind and to assist him in his application for political asylum. Fascinated by the energy and idealism of the young exile, the Letter Writer finds both a new lease of life and the son he never had. But the arrival of a letter will shatter everything.

The Letter Writer is both a suspense story and a transcendent love story which affirms the power of the human spirit. It blends themes of exile with ideas about command over language and the power that results from it, and investigates the altruistic lie: that which is told to avoid the harm of reality.

Juliet O’Brien has been working as a director in France for the last ten years. Following the play’s success in France, she returns to New Zealand for the New Zealand Festival with a production which combines French and New Zealand artists.

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