Richard Nelson (b. 1950) is a leading figure in American theatre but also a consistent documentarian of his country's liberal consciousness. His series of plays about the Apple Family, written between 2010 and 2013, have been critically acclaimed for their portrayal of the upstate New York clan's gatherings on significant historical days. They are performed for the first time in the UK at the Brighton Festival in May…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:56AM on March 18, 2015