The Arvon Foundation and Anthony Minghella are hosting: LOVE LETTERS - A Gala Dinner and Auction
Guests will be able to bid on dedicated romantic readings from:
Simon Callow, Tara Fitzgerald, Patricia Hodge, Adrian Lester, Angharad Rees,
Alan Rickman, Rufus Sewell,
Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson and Imogen Stubbs (amongst others, subject to availability)
Love Letters will take place at 7pm on Thursday 10th February 2005 at Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4
Tickets: £125
For more information or to book your tickets contact Philip Cowell on 020 7931 7611 or email london@arvonfoundation.org
The idea is that you bid for an actor to read the following pieces:
1. Christina Rossetti "The First Day"
2. William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, Shall I compare thee
3. Letter from Bonaparte Napoleon to Josephine, Paris December 1795
4. Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac Letter from Cyrano to Roxane
(The names mentioned here have not been confirmed, but they are all from a pool who have agreed to participate.)
Source:
Arvon Foundation