Labor Day
by A R Gurney, Albert Ramsdell Gurney
What readers are saying
Readers find this play lacking compared to Gurney's other works. One review expresses a sense of disappointment, feeling that there was something missing from the overall experience.
Synopsis
THE STORY: John is an established older playwright recovering from a bout with cancer.
His latest work, which he views as his best, if possibly his last, has gained the interest of a major regional theatre, the Shubert Organization, and a possible
Press Reviews
"LABOR DAY…Gurney's…latest offers the Pirandellian kick of seeing the play-within-the-play that is stirring the characters to a tizzy come to life before our very eyes…This is a summer breeze of a comedy, a September song about nearing life's end that has been transposed to a major key, leaving us on a lingering note of love and blue sky. The evening is so airy that it is easy to overlook the craft with which it has been spun and the welcome mocking tone that keeps it aloft.“ —Newsday (NY). ”Gurney's gentle comic touch is as sure as ever here…Gurney can illuminate with graceful comic prose the deep recesses of sadness and disappointment that lie beneath layers of smooth sociability."
— Variety
Publication
Labor Day is a American play written by A R Gurney and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1999).
Community Reviews
No community reviews yet
Buy Play
From C$48.85 total
New · Used
Performance Rights
Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
Apply for Rights
Similar Plays
Plays with similar themes, style, and content.
More from A R Gurney
More plays from A R Gurney that we think you'll enjoy.
