The Slackers and Other Plays By Peter Turrini, Translation and Afterword by Richard S. Dixon

Turrini's theater works extend far beyond their Austrian origins in expressing the hopes, frustrations, and hypocrisies of life in the modern world.
The plays contained in this volume — A Crazy Day, Joseph and Mary, A Social Engagement, and The Slackers — offer English-speaking readers a representative sampling of Turrini's work. As varied as they may seem, two unifying threads run through them all: Turrini's use of language to admonish society and his articulation of the element of tragedy which informs and defines modern man in his isolation.