Labor Day

by A.R. Gurney

Labor Day, a full-length play by A.R. Gurney red paperback in almost like new condition. Dramatists Play Service. Includes Property list, sound effects list and scene design groundplan. Character 2 women, 3 men From the playwright's "Labor Day (1998) 3m, 2w. Single set. DPS This is –was – another attempt, after The Cocktail Hour, to write about myself and my family, though in this case, I turned to the next generation, namely my wife and children. The play was also supposed to be about how difficult it is to put on stage the people we love, particularly if they’re our children who, unlike our parents, are not fair game because they can’t fight back. There was also supposed to be a kind of autumnal feeling to the play, as suggested by the title, with a hint that winter was on its way both for the world of the play and the writer writing it. In any case, Labor Day didn’t really work. Possibly we were doomed from the start since the natural censoring I ha

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

A.R. Gurney was an American playwright and novelist.

Reviews

[Danielle Hisey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I acted in A.R. Gurney's "The Dining Room" and loved the play and the characters so much. I picked this one up at a bookstore in Seattle and was excited to read more of his stuff, but I was significantly less impressed with this one. Something was definitely missing. I didn't necessarily feel that the characters were realistic. I think that they changed abrubtly mid-play which made me wonder what the play's intentions and mood was really suppose to be.