Neil Simon
Birth date: July 04, 1927
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The namesake for my BookLikes life, Murder by Death is, in my opinion, one of the best movies ever made. What Blazing Saddles did for westerns, Murder by Death did for the traditional murder mysteries. With an almost dream-team cast that included Truman Capote, Dame Maggie Smith, Peter Faulk, Pete...
This three-act play (or series of playlets) is thought to be a comedy. I consider it a tragedy. In each act or playlet, the characters have been going about their business, living lives of quiet desperation, until a central event which occurs during their stay at the Plaza Hotel in New York City...
I finally read a play by Neil Simon that was interesting. It is 1942 and World War II is raging. Two teenage boys have recently lost their mother to a long illness. The hospital bills were enormous and their father is in financial trouble. He has found a high paying job, but it requires extensiv...
This is the second play in the Eugene trilogy series. It is 1943, and Eugene Jerome is going to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi before being shipped over to Europe. The raw recruits have a insane sergeant who wants to instill discipline in his men. One of the recruits is not interested in the m...
I am taking a course about Neil Simon. This is the first play by Simon that I have read. I must also be one of only a few who have never seen the play. If I had seen it, I would not have taken the course. The Jerome family is living in New York in September 1937. There are a lot of worries d...
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