Britannica Concise 2005

Wilson, Lanford (Eugene) (b. April 13, 1937, Lebanon, Mo., U.S.) U.S. playwright. He began writing plays in 1962 and became cofounder and director of the Circle Repertory Company (1969-95), a regional the¬ atre in New York City. His plays, which are known for their experimen¬ tal staging, simultaneous dialogue, and deferred character exposition, include Lemon Sky (1970), the long-running hit The Hot l Baltimore (1973), The Mound Builders (1975), Talley’s Folly (1979, Pulitzer Prize), Burn This (1987), and By the Sea (1996).

Wilson, Richard (b. Aug. 1, 1714, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales—d. May 15, 1782, Llanberis, Carnarvonshire) Welsh landscape painter. He worked as a portraitist for many years, but after a lengthy stay in Italy (1750-57) he worked almost exclusively in landscape, except for numerous drawings of Roman sites and buildings that he used in com¬ posing Italianate landscapes. A set of drawings made for Lord Dartmouth (dated 1754) show that he tempered his delicate observation of light and distance with the discipline of such 17th-century Classicists as Nicolas Poussin. The landscapes he produced after his return to Britain influenced J.M.W. Turner and John Constable.