{"product_id":"the-apple-family-scenes-from-life-in-the-country-paperback","title":"The Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Positively shattering... the Apple Family plays cement Nelson's place in American theatrical history.\" - Melissa Rose Bernardo, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 (\u003ci\u003eThat Hopey Changey Thing\u003c\/i\u003e), the tenth anniversary of 9\/11 (\u003ci\u003eSweet and Sad\u003c\/i\u003e), Obama's reelection (\u003ci\u003eSorry\u003c\/i\u003e), and the fiftieth anniversary of JFK's assassination (\u003ci\u003eRegular Singing\u003c\/i\u003e). 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/strong\u003e's many plays include \u003cem\u003eIllyria\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eHungry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat Did You Expect?\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWomen of a Certain Age\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThat Hopey Changey Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSweet and Sad\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSorry, Regular Singing\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eNikolai and the Others\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGoodnight Children Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e (Olivier Award for Best Play); \u003cem\u003eFranny's Way\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSome Americans Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFrank's Home\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTwo Shakespearean Actors\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eJames Joyce's The Dead\u003c\/em\u003e (with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical). He has also written for film, namely the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eHyde Park-on-Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338272968941,"sku":"9781559364560","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/YhksbMyrbJ9781559364560.webp?v=1785077915","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-apple-family-scenes-from-life-in-the-country-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}