num_pages: 82
description: When Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife Ruth to visit London and his family, he finds himself prey to old conflicts. But now it is Ruth who becomes the focus of the family's struggle for supremacy. The playwright's other works include "The Birthday Party" and "Old Times".
language: English
title: The Homecoming
titlecomplete: The Homecoming
characters: Dossam, Lenny, Max Cannon, Joey, Ruth, Teddy
genres: 20th Century, Theatre, Nobel Prize, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 9705
places: North London, England
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Grove Press, Inc.