Frank’s Home by Richard Nelson

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What if you could spend an evening with Frank Lloyd Wright? In Frank’s Home, celebrated playwright Richard Nelson brings the legendary architect to the stage in a gripping drama set in Tokyo in the summer of 1923. Wright is overseeing the completion of his Imperial Hotel — the commission of a lifetime — while his personal life unravels: a scandalous love affair, money troubles, and the terrible knowledge that the hotel, built to withstand earthquakes, is about to face its ultimate test.

Nelson, known for humane and intelligent portrayals of American icons, gives us a Wright by turns charming, infuriating, visionary, and heartbreakingly human. First produced to acclaim and published by Theatre Communications Group.

Essential for theater lovers, Wright devotees, and anyone fascinated by the collision of genius and frailty: funny, moving, and rich with historical detail — the man behind the monuments, at home at last in his own story.

What if you could spend an evening with Frank Lloyd Wright? In Frank’s Home, celebrated American playwright Richard Nelson brings the legendary architect to the stage in a gripping drama set in Tokyo in the summer of 1923.
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nWright is overseeing the completion of his Imperial Hotel — the commission of a lifetime — while his personal life unravels: a scandalous love affair, money troubles, and the terrible knowledge that the hotel, built to withstand earthquakes, is about to face its ultimate test. Nelson, known for his humane and intelligent portrayals of American icons, gives us a Wright who is by turns charming, infuriating, visionary, and heartbreakingly human.
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nFirst produced to acclaim and published by Theatre Communications Group, Frank’s Home is essential reading for theater lovers, Wright devotees, and anyone fascinated by the collision of genius and frailty. Funny, moving, and rich with historical detail, it imagines the man behind the monuments — at home, at last, in his own story.