Dear Elizabeth

The complicated relationship between the poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell is revealed in nearly thirty years’ worth of correspondence. Taken from their exchange of letters, Dear Elizabeth is a study in friendship, intimacy, and the power of words.

Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in July 2015.

Directed by Rosalind Ayres

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg

Julian Sands as Robert Lowell

JoBeth WIlliams as Elizabeth Bishop

Narration performed by Chris Hatfield

Associate Producers: Anna Lyse Erikson, Myke Weiskopf

Recording and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

Sound Effects Artist: Jeff Gardner