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The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country
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The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country Paperback - 2015

by Richard Nelson

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From the publisher

"No previous works of theater have been topical in the resonant and specific ways of the Apple Family plays... They are a rare and radiant mirror of the way we live... In another fifty years audiences will be watching these plays to remember how we remembered." - Ben Brantley, New York Times

"The writing is so minutely observed, the portrayal of American life and its politics so current and acute that these plays speak what all of us are thinking (politically, socially, morally), but few are saying." - Alexis Soloski, Village Voice

"Positively shattering... the Apple Family plays cement Nelson's place in American theatrical history." - Melissa Rose Bernardo, Entertainment Weekly

This critically acclaimed play cycle about loss, memory and remembrance follows the Apple family of Rhinebeck, New York, as they grapple with events both personal and political in their immediate present: the 2010 election (That Hopey Changey Thing), the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (Sweet and Sad), Obama's reelection (Sorry), and the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination (Regular Singing). Delicately constructed and precisely observed, this quartet of plays -- each of which premiered at The Public Theater on the day it was set -- is a masterpiece of stage naturalism and a powerful reminder of the theater's unique capacity for civic dialogue and public communion.

Details

  • Title The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country
  • Author Richard Nelson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Theatre Communications Group
  • Publication date 2015-08
  • ISBN 9781559364560 / 1559364564
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Theatrical Aspects
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Topical: Family
  • Category Plays / Drama
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic drama, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies /
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014006961
  • Dewey Decimal Code 812.54

About the author

Richard Nelson's many plays include Illyria; The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (Hungry, What Did You Expect?, and Women of a Certain Age); The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country (That Hopey Changey Thing, Sweet and Sad, and Sorry, Regular Singing); Nikolai and the Others; Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award for Best Play); Franny's Way; Some Americans Abroad; Frank's Home; Two Shakespearean Actors; and James Joyce's The Dead (with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical). He has also written for film, namely the screenplays for Hyde Park-on-Hudson and Ethan Frome. He is the recipient of the PEN/Laura Pels Master Playwright Award and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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