Synopsis
The Birthday Party
Published by Samuel French Ltd
4 Male 2 Female
Enter an even stranger sleek Jewish man and his muscle bound Irish henchman. The mentally immature wife accommodates them with a room and then decides that it is time for the boarder to have a birthday
At the party she arranges, the new guests play cruel games with the boarder break his glasses, make a buffoon of him, and push him over the psychotic precipice. The next morning he is reduced to a gibbering idiot and meekly leaves with them
"Fascinating capacity to be menacing, ominous and evocative of some dark and threatening doom" ~ N.Y. Post
"The most interesting play to be seen on Broadway" ~ N.Y. Times