LEADER 03172nam 2200493 450 001 9910787106203321 005 20230803212211.0 010 $a1-55936-775-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000311370 035 $a(EBL)1577705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001382301 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12493692 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001382301 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11458679 035 $a(PQKB)11301619 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1577705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1577705 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11012191 035 $a(OCoLC)897466438 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000311370 100 $a20140325d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Apple family $escenes from life in the country /$fRichard Nelson 210 1$aNew York :$cTheatre Communications Group,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55936-456-4 327 $aContents; An American Saga: An Introduction; That Hopey Changey Thing; Sweet and Sad; Sorry; Regular Singing; Author's Notes; Acknowledgments; Credit Information; About the Author 330 $a"'Sharp, engrossing. a soft-spoken play of ideas.'-Time, on That Hopey Changey Thing 'A soul-stirring new play. Mr. Nelson has a peerless grasp of the perils of family intimacy.'-The New York Times, on Sweet and Sad 'Sorry-one of the best plays to emerge this fall in New York-affirms the Apple cycle as the prolific Nelson's most satisfying drama to date.'-The Washington PostThis critically acclaimed, searing play cycle about loss, memory, and remembrance follows the Apple family of Rhinebeck, New York, as they grapple with events both personal and current in the immediate present: the 2010 election (That Hopey Changey Thing), the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (Sweet and Sad), Barack Obama's re-election (Sorry), and the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination, (Regular Singing, which will premiere at NYC's Public Theater on the anniversary: November 22, 2013). This quartet of plays, directed by the author, has featured an ensemble of six actors who, together, have delivered a master class on acting for the stage.Richard Nelson's many plays include Rodney's Wife, Goodnight Children Everywhere, the Drama Desk-nominated Franny's Way and Some Americans Abroad, Tony Award-nominated Two Shakespearean Actors, and James Joyce's The Dead (with Shaun Davey), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. Over the next ten years, Nelson will be collaborating with pre-eminent translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky on a major translations series of important Russian plays, beginning with Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector in 2014"--$cProvided by publisher. 607 $aRhinebeck (N.Y.)$vDrama 676 $a812/.54 686 $aDRA001000$aHIS036070$aFAM019000$aPOL007000$2bisacsh 700 $aNelson$b Richard$f1950-$01579363 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787106203321 996 $aThe Apple family$93860526 997 $aUNINA