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"Dearest Chris" Louise Brealey reads Bessie Moore’s love letter
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Letter taken from My Dear Bessie (Chris Barker & Bessie Moore), edited and introduced by Simon Garfield (Canongate) www.canongate.tv/my-dear-bessie-paperback.html
Louise Brealey reads Bessie Moore’s love letter to Chris Barker (21st July 1945)
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Louise Brealey reads the letter for LETTERS LIVE.
LETTERS LIVE is a series of curated, live events that celebrates the enduring power of literacy correspondence.
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In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years, their funny, affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all, their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
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Louise Brealey is an actor, journalist, playwright and producer, best known for her role as pathologist Molly Hooper in Sherlock. In 2015 she can be seen on the big screen in indie thriller Containment, as the new regular in Ripper Street on BBC One and with Stephen Mangan in Sky Arts' Birthday. Theatre highlights include Julie in Miss Julie at the Citizens Theatre, Sonya in Uncle Vanya for Peter Hall, and Andromache, Cassandra and Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women at the Gate. She can next be seen on stage in the UK tour of the Royal Court's Constellations.
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With thanks to Simon Garfield, author of My Dear Bessie, and Bernard, Peter and Irena Barker
Letter taken from My Dear Bessie (Chris Barker & Bessie Moore), edited and introduced by Simon Garfield (Canongate) www.canongate.tv/my-dear-bessie-paperback.html
Louise Brealey reads Bessie Moore’s love letter to Chris Barker (21st July 1945)
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Louise Brealey reads the letter for LETTERS LIVE.
LETTERS LIVE is a series of curated, live events that celebrates the enduring power of literacy correspondence.
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In September 1943, Chris Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa when he decided to brighten the long days of war by writing to old friends. One of these was Bessie Moore, a former work colleague. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever. Crossing continents and years, their funny, affectionate and intensely personal letters are a remarkable portrait of a love played out against the backdrop of the Second World War. Above all, their story is a stirring example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.
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Louise Brealey is an actor, journalist, playwright and producer, best known for her role as pathologist Molly Hooper in Sherlock. In 2015 she can be seen on the big screen in indie thriller Containment, as the new regular in Ripper Street on BBC One and with Stephen Mangan in Sky Arts' Birthday. Theatre highlights include Julie in Miss Julie at the Citizens Theatre, Sonya in Uncle Vanya for Peter Hall, and Andromache, Cassandra and Helen of Troy in The Trojan Women at the Gate. She can next be seen on stage in the UK tour of the Royal Court's Constellations.
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With thanks to Simon Garfield, author of My Dear Bessie, and Bernard, Peter and Irena Barker