August

Osage County

Tracy Letts

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Nick Hern Books
13 November 2008

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Series: NHB Modern Plays

A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.

Tracy Letts's play August: Osage County was first performed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in June 2007.

It was first staged in the UK at the National Theatre in 2008.

August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play and the Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

'One of the truly great nights of American theatre'

— Independent

'Something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths'

— Telegraph

'Fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays'

— Independent on Sunday

'A triumph'

— Sunday Times

'Sensationally entertaining...

Tracy Letts' fiercely funny, turbo-charged tragicomedy is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years'

— New York Times

Best New Play, Critics' Circle Awards

Best Play, Tony Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

By: Tracy Letts
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9781848420250
ISBN 10: 1848420250
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 13 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

TRACY LETTS is the author of Killer Joe, Bug and A Man from Nebraska, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He is a member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where August: Osage County premiered.

Reviews for August: Osage County

'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' fiercely funny, turbo-charged tragicomedy is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years.' New York Times'Best American drama of the past decade' (USA Today).