The Comedy of Neil Simon Vol. 1

by Neil Simon

Since 1960, a Broadway season without a Neil Simon play has been a rare one. For more than thirty years, Simon's wry and astute observations on life, love, and the human condition have been making audiences laugh uproariously even as his beautifully realized characters touch their hearts. These five plays, including the Pulitzer- and Tony-award-winning Lost in Yonkers, show Simon at the pinnacle of his extraordinary career.

Rumors
Lost in Yonkers
Jake's Women
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
London Suite
Including the author's introduction: "How to Stop Writing and Other Impossibilities"

Genres: Plays, Fiction, Drama, Theatre

657 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 plays and he received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer. He was one of the most reliable hitmakers in Broadway history, as well as one of the most performed playwrights in the world. Though primarily a comic writer, some of his plays, particularly the Eugene Trilogy and The Sunshine Boys, reflect on the twentieth century Jewish-American experience.