August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer winning play by Tracy Letts has been one of my favourites. Its unabashed examination of the sardonic human condition drew me in to the world of the dysfunctional and estranged Weston family, where there is no pretence, only brutal honesty.
Letts, who has also written the screenplay for the screen adaptation of his play, had the rather unenvious challenge of creating a screenplay that would transform a critically and commercially successful three and a…
