The Collected Plays of Neil Simon

Volume 1

Author Neil Simon
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$30.00 US
Penguin Adult HC/TR | Plume
18 per carton
On sale Nov 01, 1986 | 9780452258709
Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt
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.
The Collected Plays Of Neil SimonIntroduction: Portrait of the Writer as a Schizophrenic

Come Blow Your Horn

Barefoot In The Park

The Odd Couple

The Star-Spangled Girl

Promises, Promises

Plaza Suite

Last Of The Red Hot Lovers

“If Broadway ever erects a monument to a patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon will have to be it.”—Time Magazine

About

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.

Table of Contents

The Collected Plays Of Neil SimonIntroduction: Portrait of the Writer as a Schizophrenic

Come Blow Your Horn

Barefoot In The Park

The Odd Couple

The Star-Spangled Girl

Promises, Promises

Plaza Suite

Last Of The Red Hot Lovers

Praise

“If Broadway ever erects a monument to a patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon will have to be it.”—Time Magazine