Israel Horovitz: Complete Plays Vol. II Book

This volume of plays from award-winning playwright Israel Horovitz is entitled, New England Blue: 6 Plays of Working Class Life. The plays are: "North Shore Fish," "The Widow's Blind Date," "Henry Lumper," "Strong Man's Weak Child," "Unexpected Tenderness," and "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard."

Library Journal

Though perhaps better known in Europe, American playwright Horovitz has produced a distinguished body of work. These six loosely related plays (The Widow's Blind Date, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Henry Lumper, North Shore Fish, Strong Man's Weak Child, and Unexpected Tenderness) are his most recent and among his best. They are full of fiercely accurate regional dialog and an overwhelming spirit of time and place. His main subject in these and other plays is life in the workplace, a record of the world of manual labor and its cost. His characters live dehumanized existences, sometimes rising above their travails and relieved only briefly by the warmth of human contact. Family, competition, labor, and environment test their strength and endurance. This collection of moving drama is recommended for both academic collections and libraries serving performers.Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.