Plays by Neil Simon (Book Guide): 45 Seconds from Broadway, Barefoot in the Park, Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, California ... Blow Your Horn, Eugene trilogy, Fools (play)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (plays not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: 45 Seconds from Broadway, Barefoot in the Park, Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, California Suite, Chapter Two (play), Come Blow Your Horn, Eugene trilogy, Fools (play), God's Favorite, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Jake's Women, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, London Suite (play), Lost in Yonkers, Plaza Suite, Proposals, Rose's Dilemma, Rumors, The Dinner Party (play), The Gingerbread Lady, The Good Doctor (play), The Odd Couple, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Star-Spangled Girl, The Sunshine Boys. Excerpt: The Odd Couple is a play by Neil Simon. Following its premiere on Broadway in 1965, the characters were revived in a successful 1968 film and 1970s television series, as well as other derivative works and spin-offs. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates: the neat, uptight Felix Ungar and the slovenly, easygoing Oscar Madison. Simon adapted the play in 1985 to feature a pair of female roommates (Florence Ungar and Olive Madison) in The Female Odd Couple. An updated version of the 1965 show appeared in 2002 with the title Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple. Sources vary as to the origins of the play. In Danny Simon's obituary in The Washington Post, Adam Bernstein wrote that the idea for the play came from his divorce. "Mr. Simon had moved in with a newly single theatrical agent named Roy Gerber in Hollywood, and they invited friends over one night. Mr. Simon botched the pot roast. The next day, Gerber told him: "Sweetheart, that was a lovely dinner last night. What are we going to have tonight?" Mr. Simon replied: "What do you mean, cook you dinner? You never take me out to dinner. You never bring me flowers."Danny Simon wrote a partial first draft of the play, but then handed over the idea to Neil. However, in the...