description: In these three short plays, middle-aged Bobby Gould returns to the old neighborhood in a series of encounters with his past that, however briefly, open windows to his present. In The Disappearance of the Jews (also included in Mamet's Three Jewish Plays), Bobby and an old buddy fantasize about finding themselves in a nostalgic shtetl paradise, while revealing how lost they are in their own families. In Jolly, Bobby's sister, from the comfort of her kitchen, unscrolls a list of childhood grievanc
language: English
title: The Old Neighborhood
titlecomplete: The Old Neighborhood
genres: Theatre, Drama, Plays
ratings_count: 132
publisher: Samuel French, Inc.