New from TCG Books:
by Richard Nelson
NEW YORK, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family by Richard Nelson. The plays were commissioned by and first produced at The Public Theater in New York in 2016.
“Richard’s determination to put real life onstage, to tell the truth by avoiding all grandstanding and theatrical flourishes, has created a masterful trilogy of plays that show us, not only the way we live now, but the way we live.” —Oskar Eustis, from his Introduction
This intimate and landmark series follows the Gabriel family of Rhinebeck, New York, through the momentous and divisive 2016 election year. While preparing meals in their kitchen, together they grapple in real time with issues of money, history, art, politics, and family, as well as the fear of having been left behind. Contains the plays Hungry, What Did You Expect?, and Women of a Certain Age.
“An extraordinary theatrical event in which the personal and the political combine in a way that suggests a contemporary Chekhov.” —Michael Billington, The Guardian
Richard Nelson’s many plays include Illyria, The Apple Family, Nikolai and the Others, Goodnight Children Everywhere (Olivier Award for Best Play), Franny’s Way, Some Americans Abroad, Frank’s Home, Two Shakespearean Actors, and James Joyce’s The Dead (with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical).
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The Gabriels
By Richard Nelson
304 pages
December 2018
$18.95
Paperback
978-1-55936-548-2
eBook
978-1-55936-870-4
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