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Delicate Balance, A

  • Edward Albee
  • Full Length Play, Drama
  • 2M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573607929

"Powerful [...] A beautiful play filled with humor and compassion, and touched with poetry [...] [with] the stature and eloquence of a classic."

New York Daily News

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1967)
    Winner! Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play (1996)
    Winner! Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play (1996)
Wealthy middle-aged couple Agnes and Tobias have their complacency shattered when Harry and Edna, longtime friends, appear at their doorstep. Claiming an encroaching, nameless "fear" has forced them from their own home, these neighbors bring a firestorm of doubt, recrimination, and ultimately solace, upsetting the "delicate balance" of Agnes and Tobias' household.

REVIEWS:

"Powerful [...] A beautiful play filled with humor and compassion, and touched with poetry [...] [with] the stature and eloquence of a classic."

 New York Daily News

"A brilliant play."

 New York Post

"An evening of theatrical fireworks."

 The New York Times

Premiere Production: A Delicate Balance premiered at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York City, September 12, 1966.
  • Casting: 2M, 4F

  • AGNES - a handsome woman in her late 50's
    TOBIAS - her husband, a few years older
    CLAIRE - Agnes' sister, several years younger
    JULIA - Agnes' and Tobias' daughter, 36, angular
    EDNA & HARRY - very much like Agnes and Tobias
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    Wealthy middle-aged couple Agnes and Tobias have their complacency shattered when Harry and Edna, longtime friends, appear at their doorstep. Claiming an encroaching, nameless "fear" has forced them from their own home, these neighbors bring a firestorm of doubt, recrimination, and ultimately solace, upsetting the "delicate balance" of Agnes and Tobias' household.

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