From Newbury with Love

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T496375107 (NEWBURY11) Company Red Cape Theatre (in association with Turtle Key Arts and Corn Exchange Newbury). Director Claire Coache. Design Tina Bicat. Lighting Aideen Malone.
9 Mar 11 to 12 Mar 11	Corn Exchange, Newbury :: V732 listing details L1850495565

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Play :: From Newbury with Love tells the intimate true story of daily life in two very different worlds, Newbury and Moldova, during a fascinating period of social and political history. 1971 - In the depths of the Cold War, 7 year old Marina, the daughter of an imprisoned Soviet dissident living in Moldova, received a postcard from across the Iron Curtain that changed her family's life. It simply read "With love from Newbury. Berks. England. Harold and Olive." Prompted by the Amnesty International letter-writing campaign the postcard was sent by 73-year-old Newbury resident Harold Edwards and his wife, Olive; so began a 15-year written correspondence and friendship between the families.

Author

Lisle Turner