Voltaire and Frederick: A Life in Letters October 30, 2012

'A Life In Letters' is a new play commissioned by the Geothe-Institut Boston in partnership with the Consulate General de France. The play was commissioned in honor of Frederick II's 300th birthday and is an overview of the pen-pal friendship between these two great thinkers that spanned almost half a century. Their intensive correspondence covers everything from questions of torture and human rights, effective and ineffective forms of governance and global finances.