Richard Nelson

RICHARD NELSON’s plays include NIKOLAI AND THE OTHERS; THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS: THAT HOPEY CHANGEY THING, SWEET AND SAD, SORRY and REGULAR SINGING; FAREWELL TO THE THEATRE; CONVERSATIONS IN TUSCULUM; FRANK’S HOME; HOW SHAKESPEARE WON THE WEST; RODNEY’S WIFE; FRANNY’S WAY; MADAME MELVILLE; GOODNIGHT CHILDREN EVERYWHERE (Olivier Award – Best Play); THE GENERAL FROM AMERICA (which was produced at TimeLine Theatre in 2006); NEW ENGLAND; TWO SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS (Tony Award nomination – Best Play); and SOME AMERICANS ABROAD (Olivier Award nomination –Best Comedy). His musicals include JAMES JOYCE’S THE DEAD (with Shaun Davey, Tony Award – Best Book of a Musical) and MY LIFE WITH ALBERTINE (with Ricky Ian Gordon). He has adapted and/or translated numerous classical and contemporary plays, and his films include HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (directed by Roger Michell for Focus Features), ETHAN FROME (Miramax) and SENSIBILITY AND SENSE (American Playhouse). He is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, which has produced 10 of his plays, and is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Laura Pels “Master Playwright” Award. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York.