{"value"=>"<p>The letters in this series are to Richard Barr and represent the wide range of friends and professional acquaintances that Barr had. There are letters from Samuel Beckett, Jean Louis Barrault, Ruth Draper, Jane Fonda, Lynne Fontanne, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Lillian Gish, David Mamet, Henry Miller, Harold Pinter, Carl Van Vechten, Clinton Wilder, Thornton Wilder, Robert M. Wilson and Irene Worth, among many others. Barr's earliest and longest correspondent represented in this collection is Edward Albee, with whom he communicated during a span of over 15 years, documenting their long and fruitful collaborations.</p>"}