Title: A delicate balance
First published: 1966
Description: Agnes and Tobias are long married and remain together out of habit. Agnes' sister, Claire, lives with them and takes refuge from life's perils in alcohol and self-lacerating wit. One night Julia, Agnes and Tobias' daughter, comes home, escaping from her fourth marriage. They are visited by Edna and Harry, their oldest friends, who are deeply disturbed by a great shock they have had. The door is locked and Tobias' family is made to recognize how they have lost love through undervaluing it.
Subjects: American drama, Drama, Family, Women, Families, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Evidence (Jewish law)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3551.L25