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Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr. (November 1, 1930 – June 13, 2017) (sometimes credited as Pete Gurney) was an American playwright, novelist and academic. Gurney is known for plays including The Dining Room (1982), Sweet Sue (1986/7), The Cocktail Hour (1988), and for his Pulitzer Prize nominated play Love Letters (1988).
Jun 14, 2017 · A. R. Gurney, a prolific playwright who dissected the fading folkways of the Northeast’s traditional white Anglo-Saxon Protestant society, of which he himself was a member, in plays like “The...
Jul 12, 2017 · A.R. "Pete" Gurney Jr., acclaimed playwright, author, and longtime MIT professor, has died at age 86. A Pulitzer Prize finalist and MIT humanities and literature faculty member for 36 years, Gurney was known as an outstanding teacher and inspiring mentor.
Love Letters is a play by A. R. Gurney that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play centers on two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III.
A.R. Gurney, Playwright Who Explored Upper-Crust Anxieties, Dies at 86. Mr. Gurney, whose plays included “The Cocktail Hour,” “Love Letters” and “The Middle Ages,” leavened his astute...
Actor Brian Dennehy and playwright A.R. Gurney discuss the all-star Broadway revival of Gurney’s beloved two-person play Love Letters. Dennehy and Gurney als...
A.R. Gurney, acclaimed playwright, author, and longtime MIT SHASS professor, dies at 86. An MIT SHASS humanities and literature faculty member for 36 years, Gurney was known as an outstanding teacher and inspiring mentor.
