Neil Simon

Full Length, Comedy

2 m, 3 f

Var. settings.

This Broadway hit is a composite of Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov. In one sketch a harridan storms a bank and upbraids the manager for his gout and lack of money. In another, a father takes his son to a house where he will be initiated into the mysteries of sex, only to relent at the last moment and leave the boy more perplexed than ever. In another sketch, a crafty seducer goes to work on a wedded woman, only to realize that the woman has been in command from the first overture. Let us not forget the classic tale of a man who offers to drown himself for three rubles. The stories are droll, the portraits affectionate, the humor infectious and the fun unending.

"A great deal of warmth and humor in his retelling of these Chekhovian tales."-Newhouse Newspapers

"There is much fun here. Mr. Simon's comic fancy is admirable."-The New York Times

FEE: $125 per performance.

NOTE: The musical scene "Too Late for Happiness" must be used in all productions. MUSIC FEE: $15 per performance.

Sheet music, $12.50 per copy.

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Performance CD

Posters

Other Neil Simon titles available from Samuel French include:
Barefoot in the Park
Biloxi Blues
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Broadway Bound
California Suite
Chapter Two
Come Blow Your Horn
The Dinner Party
Fools
45 Seconds From Broadway
The Gingerbread Lady
God's Favorite
The Good Doctor
Hotel Suite
I Ought To Be in Pictures
Jake's Women
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
London Suite
Lost in Yonkers
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
Oscar and Felix
Plaza Suite
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Proposals
Rose's Dilemma
Rumors
The Sunshine Boys
They're Playing Our Song