Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness
by Israel Horovitz

Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness

Synopsis

Drama Characters: 4 male, 3 female Interior Set This poignant drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family in Massachusetts is structured as a memory play.

Roddy Stern recalls what it was like growing up in a family dominated by his paranoid and pathologically jealous father, a truck driver who lurked outside his house instead of working to catch his wife with other men.

A long suffering and abused saint, Roddy's mother raised two children in this difficult environment.

Roddy's complex father is portrayed as a loving man with a demon inside that he fights but cannot exorcize.

He eventually loses all control and drives away the family he loves.

"A play of real power and dimension...

It stays with the mind and heart."

N.Y.

Post.

"One of the most horrific but complex stage fathers in recent dramatic history."

Chelsea Clinton News.

"Characters spring to immediate life and built in humor helps propel both the characterizations and the plot."

Variety.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 3 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1995
ISBN 10
0573695261
ISBN 13
9780573695261
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
108 pages
Language
English
Print
Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness is a American play written by and published by Samuel French in 1995. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573695261 and an ISBN-10 of 0573695261.
Digital
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