The Collected Plays of Neil Simon

The Collected Plays of Neil Simon

Paperback (01 Nov 1986)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This first volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon contains the triumphs that put his unique brand of comic genius on the American stage, and made him the most successful playwright of his generation.

This volume includes:
Come Blow Your Horn
Barefoot in the Park
The Odd Couple
Plaza Suite
The Star-Spangled Girl
Promises, Promises
Last of the Red Hot Lover
 And an Introduction by the author: "Portrait of the Writer as a Schizophrenic"

Neil Simon's mixture of verbal wit and beautifully crafted farce, ethnic humor and insight into universal foible, and above all compassion and understanding, make even his sharpest barbs touch the heart as well as the funny bone. These seven plays, beginning with his unforgettable debut, Come Blow Your Horn, make us laugh uproariously even as we indelibly identify with the objects of our laughter.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780452258709
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint: Plume
Pub date:
DEWEY: 812.54
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 657
Weight: 862g
Height: 235mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 44mm