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David and Lenore take Love Letters on the road

Source: TV Week, Australian TV guide, by Garry Shelley, 1992

'It will be very interesting,' says a gleeful David Reyne about his new theatrical venture.

David and Lenore Smith, former cast mates in The Flying Doctors, will appear in Love Letters at Sydney Opera House on February 23, and then tour regional centres in NSW, Victoria and South Australia. A.R. Gurney's Love Letters is a stage reading by a male and female of letters which tell the story of a relationship spanning 50 years.

'Lenore is just great, and we get along fantastically well - which is a nice thing about all the cast of The Flying Doctors,' says David.

Since leaving Coopers Crossing, David has been flat out. His latest TV adventure is Getaway, the new travel and leisure program beginning on Nine next month. David, former Beyond 2000 reporter Jeff Watson and two as-yet-unnamed female reporters will make up the Getaway team. David's early assignments have included gliding, snorkelling and white-water rafting. But he won't be concentrating just on adventure holidays.

'I'll also be looking at where the fat cats stay and good-value family destinations,' he says.

Despite his enthusiasm for Getaway, David says Love Letters is a welcome respite from TV.

'It's nice to get an opportunity like this to get out and tread the boards, so the speak,' he says. 'Love Letters is a fantastic concept - a masterpiece. It's so easy to stage and so universal. And A.R. Gurney must be sitting back raking in the cash. There is no rehearsal for the play. The author stipulated there was to be no commitment from the players other than the night of performance - to keep it fresh and new.'

For David, 1992 is shaping as another good year.

'The past two years were fantastic, and I was starting to wonder when my luck would run out - but it's just hanging in there,' he says. 'It's great to branch off and do other things as well as acting, because I sometimes worry. I'm not one who sits comfortably with unemployment longer than two weeks. I've always been keen on the more "infotainment" areas of television. But I'm not good at all that wacky, zany variety stuff or game shows.'

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