Your email will ONLY be used once, to confirm the publication of your comments. The book has also been produced as a play and a BBC radio drama.Ĩ4 Charing Cross Road has not been a bookstore for many years, but there is a brass plaque marking the site where Marks & Co. In 1986 the novel was made into a film with Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. Bookingsīookings are open and you can book online or call 0466 332 766 (10 - 2 daily).The location of Marks and Co featured in the book of the addressĭescription: A long-standing correspondence between New York based author Helene Hanff and the staff of a real-life bookstore located here (Marks & Co.), was the inspiration for her book 84 Charing Cross Road.
We accept Dine and Discover Vouchers - call 0466 332 766 (10am - 2pm daily) to book using your voucher. Special discounts for large groups over 20 – contact for more details from a magazine advertising their out-of-print and antiquarian books. Helenes main correspondent was Frank Doel. Opening Night!Ĭome along at 7:30pm on Friday 7 January and help us celebrate opening night and enjoy complimentary refreshments before the show. 84, Charing Cross Road is made up of a series of letters between Helene Hanff and Marks & Co., a used-book shop in London, from 1949-1969. Helene Hanff published their correspondence after Frank died and 84 Charing Cross Road is her most famous book.Īpproximately 2 hours including a 20 minute interval. Of course we also follow Helene’s dreams of one day seeing “the England of English literature”.
Through the letters we get to join in with the big events like the coronation as well as the small, such as how to make Yorkshire pudding. I had dreamt of it my entire life: of visiting the park where the Darling children played, the streets the Artful. But their warmth and humour, along with the generous gifts of food parcels, sent when Helene finds out that England is still under rationing, soon endear Helene to the entire staff and their families. 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff - I moved to London when I was 21. The story of this charming correspondence is told in the play 84 Charing Cross Road.Īt first the letters are between Helene and the bookshop manager Frank Doel. When Helene Hanff, a New York script-reader sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she writes to see if they can help with her “antiquarian taste in books.” So begins a twenty year relationship. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, adapted by James Roose-Evans Director: Jo Cooper Dates: January 7 to 15, 2022
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