The Collected Plays of Neil Simon

by Neil Simon

Book Overview

The eight plays in the second volume of The Collected Plays of Neil Simon bear eloquent witness to the unique genius of a master playwright who so magnificently blended the joy of laughter and the love of life. This volume includes: - Little Me - The Gingerbread Lady - The Prisoner of Second Avenue - The Sunshine Boys - The Good Doctor - God's Favorite - California Suite - Chapter Two - And an Introduction by the author: "As Time Flies By" Nothing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452263581
• ISBN13: 9780452263581
• Release Date: November 1986
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Collected Plays of Neil Simon Vol I

Most Neil Simon plays are wonderful and I enjoyed reading them. Some of them were no so terriffic.

Treasure chest

This lovely volume of eight Neil Simon plays will assume an immediate place of honour on your bookshelf. Well laid out with easy-to-read type, it takes up where volume 1 leaves off. Even those folks not connected with the world of acting can have fun with these scripts. Reading/acting the plays aloud with your family, each person assigned a different role, can be a great activity for quality time -and will hone your comedy timing. Special nuggets include 'Prisoner of second avenue' and 'Chapter Two'. Reading Simon's work reveals greater depth beneath the priceless one-liners that he supplies. That, in fact, is his genius; like Woody Allen and Joseph Heller, Simon first draws you in with laughter only to move you with great humanity. These plays are among his deeper works, as life-experience go into the mix. The stories on these pages are our own, and youll have a ball!