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Reproduction letter page one of two

Catalog Data

Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Covers & Associated Letters
Place:
District of Columbia
Date:
2021
Description:
A signed copy of the epistolary script and nine additional mailings with the Arena Stage's 2021 at-home postal experience of the World War II-era reproduction correspondence from the play by Ken Ludwig: "Dear Jack, Dear Louise." The Arena Stage staff created reproduction period envelopes with letters, telegrams, V-Mail, and enclosures such as photos, ticket stub, and postcards for the "Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise Love Letter Experience," which ran in the spring of 2021 based on the 2019 production of the play at Arena Stage, Washington, DC.
References:
Arena Stage. https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/love-letters-experience/. Accessed November 8, 2021.
Wren, Celia. “Arena Stage creates a series of nine snail-mailings for fans for ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’.” Washington Post February 24, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/theater-dance/dear-jack-dear-louise-love-letter-experience/2021/02/23/c82eb28c-71fc-11eb-93be-c10813e358a2_story.html Accessed November 8, 2021.
Credit line:
Collected by Susan Smith, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
2022.2005.3.2.1
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm85233ae9a-a05d-4aa8-ac41-546eeba1c0fd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2022.2005.3.2.1