The Gabriels
Election Year in the Life of One Family
Fiction & Literature, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Family Life
| Author: | Richard Nelson | ISBN: | 9781559368704 |
| Publisher: | Theatre Communications Group | Publication: | January 8, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Theatre Communications Group | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Nelson |
| ISBN: | 9781559368704 |
| Publisher: | Theatre Communications Group |
| Publication: | January 8, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Theatre Communications Group |
| Language: | English |
• All three parts of this play cycle premiered in 2016 at The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway, in New York City: Hungry in March, What Did You Expect in September, and Women of a Certain Age on November 8 -- the night of the 2016 presidential election, which is the topic of the plays.
• Selected as a New York Times Critics’ Pick
• A play cycle that hinges on the national election, this would do well with political and history-centric audiences, as well as the academic arena.
• Nelson is also known for his critically-lauded four-part play cycle The Apple Family plays, with each part revolving around a specific inciting event in American history
• Nelson won the 1979 Obie Award for Playwriting for The Vienna Notes
• He received the 2000 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead
• Nelson received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, Master American Dramatist, and the 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Some Americans Abroad
• All three parts of this play cycle premiered in 2016 at The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway, in New York City: Hungry in March, What Did You Expect in September, and Women of a Certain Age on November 8 -- the night of the 2016 presidential election, which is the topic of the plays.
• Selected as a New York Times Critics’ Pick
• A play cycle that hinges on the national election, this would do well with political and history-centric audiences, as well as the academic arena.
• Nelson is also known for his critically-lauded four-part play cycle The Apple Family plays, with each part revolving around a specific inciting event in American history
• Nelson won the 1979 Obie Award for Playwriting for The Vienna Notes
• He received the 2000 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for James Joyce's The Dead
• Nelson received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, Master American Dramatist, and the 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for Some Americans Abroad
