Birth and After Birth and Other Plays

“[Birth and After Birth is] as appalling as it is perceptive…one of the more primal works by this woman who describes herself as a ‘well-mannered anarchist.’”—Newsday

A revised edition of Howe’s early farce Birth and After Birth, about overweening parents and their four-year-old child. Also included are Approaching Zanzibar, a comedy about mortality, and the “rich, gorgeous and compelling” (New York Post) domestic drama One Shoe Off.

Tina Howe was born and lives in New York City. Major honor...