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Nelson, Richard John was born on October 17, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Finis and Viola (Garbriel) Nelson.
( Three Plays of Adolescence: Goodnight Children Everywh...)
Three Plays of Adolescence: Goodnight Children Everywhere; Franny's Way; Madame Melville Goodnight Children Everywhere Olivier Award for Best Play, 2000 'Exile - both literal and emotional - has been a haunting preoccupation for this dramatist. And with all themes of displacement and loss comes the yearning for a sense of place, for those attachments we cannot always rationalize but know as home. In Goodnight Children Everywhere, the safe harbor of home has been dynamited by war... A disturbing and lovely domestic drama about the loss of childhood.' New York Observer Franny's Way 'Boundaries warp and melt in the dense urban heat that pervades Franny's Way, Nelson's sensitively drawn portrait of love in the age of J.D.Salinger. The lines between childhood and adulthood blur disorientatingly for the three generations of characters gathered in a cramped apartment in Greenwich Village at the height of the summer in the 1950's... Nelson continues to give compassionate and insightful life to such erotic waywardness.' New York Times 'It moves with the breathless haste of a horny teen on prom night.' Time Out New York Madame Melville 'A memory play of wonderful delicacy, tenderness and humour... I left the theatre elated at having discovered such a terrific new play. An exquisite reminder of lost love, innocence and youth.' Daily Telegraph 'An elegant, tender, beguiling play.' Guardian 'It moves with the breathless haste of a horny teen on prom night.' Time Out New York Madame Melville 'A memory play of wonderful delicacy, tenderness and humour... I left the theatre elated at having discovered such a terrific new play. An exquisite reminder of lost love, innocence and youth.' Daily Telegraph 'An elegant, tender, beguiling play.' Guardian
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On the deck of his flagship, the expedition commander addresses his men. This play persues the premise that Columbus had a clearer sense of destiny than destination, a premise emblematic of the confusion of motives and expectations which inspired him and his companions.
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(Spring 1945. Evacuated five years earlier to Canada, seve...)
Spring 1945. Evacuated five years earlier to Canada, seventeen-year-old Peter returns to London. His parents are now dead and his three sisters eagerly await his arrival. Set against the chaotic aftermath of the Second World War, Richard Nelson's new play intimately explores the emotional and sexual fragility of family relationships. Goodnight Children Everywhere premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in December 1997.
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On May 10th, 1849, while the English actor, William Charles Macready, was performing Macbeth at the Astor Place Opera House in New York, a riot erupted which resulted in the death of 34 people. This play uses this incident as the basis for an examination of the theatre in a post-colonial era.
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(A group of American academics and students visit London t...)
A group of American academics and students visit London to experience some English culture and visit the theatre. With them they have brought their personal and professional problems and anxieties, and a campus comedy develops against this background. By the author of Principiae Scriptoriae.
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( Long an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ame...)
Long an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, American playwright Richard Nelson has been praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, and has been awarded the Olivier Award for his play Goodnight Children Everywhere and a Tony Award for his adaptation of James Joyce's "The Dead." Included in this volume are his latest play, Madame Melville, which received rave reviews during its London run starring Macaulay Culkin and Irene Jacob, and The General from America, which ponders the emotional conflicts that Benedict Arnold faced before deciding to hand over George Washington to the British. Madame Melville, set in Paris in 1966, before that city exploded in protest, presents the story of a fifteen-year-old American, Carl, and his beautiful teacher, Claudie Melville. The Daily Telegraph praised Madame Melville as "a play about art, music, friendship and the irrecoverable, unforgettable moment when an adolescent realizes that the world is full of wonder." The General from America provides a rich portrait of Benedict Arnold. Nelson's account of Arnold's search for love and country, and his discovery of only compromise and despair, will haunt readers and audiences.
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(In 1780 America's most successful general, Benedict Arnol...)
In 1780 America's most successful general, Benedict Arnold, surrendered his soldiers, handed George Washington to the British, and ended the War of Independence. This play presents an emotional portrait of a man searching for love and country and finding only compromise and despair.
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( Goodnight Children Everywhere "Richard Nelson’s new pl...)
Goodnight Children Everywhere "Richard Nelson’s new play announces itself almost as if it were Chekhovian . . . the play, like all plays of discovery and purgation, has a translucency and a density that nag, hurt and heal."—London Sunday Times New England "Smart, sharp, acridly funny . . . in the sweetest of all ironies, it’s an American writer at the peak of his form who has given London’s RSC the major new play that has eluded them all year."—Variety Some Americans Abroad "A sequel to The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain’s caustic view of pretentious Americans abroad: both works indict the well-educated American middle-class for its supine and superficial relationship to Old World culture."—New York Times Two Shakespearean Actors "Nelson’s provocative account of the deadly rivalry between two great 18th-century actors."—Variety Franny’s Way "Boundaries warp and melt in the dense urban heat that pervades Franny’s Way, Richard Nelson’s sensitively drawn portrait of love in the age of J.D. Salinger."—New York Times A prolific and varied writer, Richard Nelson is also the author of a screenplay, a television play, the books for musicals and plays for young audiences, as well as a string of radio plays and powerful adaptations from the classic European repertory of Beaumarchais, Brecht, Chekhov, Goldoni, Molière and Strindberg, all of which have influenced the development of his own craft. Among his many awards include the London Time Out Award, two OBIEs, two Giles Cooper awards and numerous grants and fellowships. He is an honorary associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Nelson, Richard John was born on October 17, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Finis and Viola (Garbriel) Nelson.
Bachelor, Hamilton College, 1972.
Literary manager Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre Company, Brooklyn, 1979-1981. Associate director Goodman Theatre, Chicago, 1980-1983. Dramaturg Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, 1981-1982.
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( Long an associate of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ame...)
( Three Plays of Adolescence: Goodnight Children Everywh...)
(On May 10th, 1849, while the English actor, William Charl...)
(In 1780 America's most successful general, Benedict Arnol...)
(Faber & Faber 1980; book in excellent condition, unmarked...)
(Gently used hardcover Two Shakespearean Actors, by Richar...)
(A group of American academics and students visit London t...)
( Goodnight Children Everywhere "Richard Nelson’s new pl...)
(In the first play, two young writers meet in prison under...)
( Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's LA RONDE, JITTERBUGGING...)
(He was a friend of George Washington and a decorated hero...)
(On the deck of his flagship, the expedition commander add...)
(IL CAMPIELLO was first performed in Venice during Carniva...)
(A full length comedy for a cast of 2women and 7 men. A mo...)
(Spring 1945. Evacuated five years earlier to Canada, seve...)
Married Cynthia Blair Bacon, May21, 1972. Children: Zoe Elizabeth, Jocelyn Anne.