Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove to star in Love Letters at Theatre Royal Haymarket

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The first post-lockdown new production of a play will open at [**London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/24/theatre-royal-haymarket.aspx) next month. [***Love Letters***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/love-letters-tickets) will open in the West End on 3 December and will run until 7 February 2021. The production previewed at **Theatre Royal, Windsor** will head to London and will adhere to social distancing and have Covid-security measures in place. London tickets for *Love Letters* are on sale now and will make the perfect treat for those missing live theatre!


### New revival of **A R Gurneys** play *Love Letters* The new revival of A R Gurneys 1988 play is directed by **Roy Marsden**. After a brief run at Theatre Royal, Windsor, **Bill Kenwright’s** new production will transfer to the [**West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/24/theatre-royal-haymarket.aspx). The London theatre is home to musical *Only Fools and Horses* which like many of the big shows has been unable to reopen. ### What is *Love Letters* about? [***Love Letters***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/love-letters-tickets) premiered in New York in 1989 and was a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist. The play became hugely popular and saw productions in theatres around the world, often attracting real-life and on-screen couples. *Love Letters* is a tragi-comic story that is tender, circulating around the shared nostalgia of lifelong friends who missed out on opportunities in life. Their deep closeness making for a complicated relationship between them. It’s a play that could have almost been written for the Covid era, regarding two people that are physically apart but brought together by shared confidences and candid communications. It’s a romance that blossoms both across miles and years. ### Who is starring in the West End revival of *Love Letters*? **Martin Shaw** and **Jenny Seagrove** are set to reunite following the sixth and final series of the hugely popular tv show *Judge John Deed* which kept nine million viewers on tenterhooks as they watched one of tv’s most-watched cliffhangers. Now the on-off on-screen lovers Shaw and Seagrove are set to reunite and perform together again, live on stage. Martin Shaw’s West End credits include **Robert Bolt’s** *A Man for All Seasons* and **Oscar Wilde’s** *An Ideal Husband* (**Theatre Royal Haymarket**) and **Alan Bleasdale’s** *Are You Lonesome Tonight*. Jenny Seagrove’s West End credits include **Alan Ayckbourn’s** *How The Other Half Loves* (also at **Theatre Royal Haymarket**), **Tennessee William’s** *Night of the Iguana* and **No****ël Coward’s** *Present Laughter*. ## London tickets for *Love Letters* are on sale now! A new play production is coming post-Lockdown and the heart-warming love story is just what we need. Tickets for *Love Letters* at **Theatre Royal Haymarket** are on sale now and will make the perfect gift for a special date night, Christmas present or simply just to enjoy the pleasure of live theatre and entertainment again.
🎫 [**Book your *Love Letters* tickets here**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/love-letters-tickets).

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By Jade Ali

A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y