Horowitz and Mrs. Washington
by Henry Denker

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Highlights

Interior Set Comedy

Synopsis

Sam Horowitz, a rich, retired Jewish widower, has been mugged, slashed with a knife, and had a stroke.

Home from the hospital and in a wheelchair, he's cheerful about nothing and very anti-Black, the color of his attackers.

He is less than enchanted by the black therapist hired to nurse him, but Mrs. Washington is a determined tyrant.

A stormy but fond relationship develops.

When Sam's daughter tries to move him to a nursing home, he and Mrs. Washington prevail.

Press Reviews

"The laughter on opening night roared through Broadway...at hurricane force."

— Time Magazine

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573660306
ISBN-10 0573660301

Horowitz and Mrs. Washington is a comedy play written by Henry Denker and published by Samuel French .

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