Richard Nelson

Born 1950 · American playwright and librettist

Richard John Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the book for the 2000 Broadway musical James Joyce's The Dead, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as the book for the 1988 Broadway production of Chess. He is also the writer of the critically acclaimed play cycle The Rhinebeck Panorama.

Richard Nelson, in order

1. 1993 Ethan Frome: wrote · directed by John Madden · critics 50%, audiences 40% · streaming on Hoopla
2. 2012 Hyde Park on Hudson: wrote · directed by Roger Michell