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Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness
by Israel Horovitz
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
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"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
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Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Pages 108
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573695261
ISBN-10 0573695261
Israel Horovitz's Unexpected Tenderness is a American play written by Israel Horovitz and published by Samuel French (2010).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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