Dividends
by Gary Richards
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Synopsis
How well does any grandson know his grandfather?
Dividends explores the generation gap between a struggling young artist and his Jewish grandfather.
Neal, the grandson, finds himself forced to look after his 83-year-old grandfather after he falls ill.
While caring for him, Neal learns a great deal about his grandfather's life, including the fact that he never had a bar mitzvah.
When Neal decides to give his father the bar mitzvah he never had, the grandfather's wife of fifty-nine years hovers over both as only a Jewish grandmother could.
Dividends is a warm and tender play about traditions, caring, change and love.
Press Reviews
"Although Gary Richards' "Dividends" is about a specific Jewish family in New York, this heartwarming drama raises universal issues of inter-generational communication, ancestral legacies and family obligations. These large themes intersect in a story...that is told at human scale. It involves no spectacle or theatrical wowing, just a steady probing of the heart."
— Variety
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Bessie the grandmother. |
Neal the grandson. |
Bernie the grandfather. |
Publication
Dividends is a American comedy play written by Gary Richards and published by Samuel French in New York (1995).
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