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| Name: |
Neil Simon | | Variant Name: |
Marvin Neil Simon | | Birth Date: |
July 4, 1927 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, writer |
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 Biography of (Marvin) Neil Simon
9,188 words, approx. 31 pages
 Neil Simon is a master of comedy and one of the most popular dramatists in the history of the American theater. His plays, which range from light romantic comedy and farce to drama, have entertained Broadway audiences for nearly four decades and have... summary from source:
Biography of (Marvin) Neil Simon
6,637 words, approx. 22 pages
One of America's most popular and prolific playwrights is Neil Simon. Having seventeen Broadway productions to his credit, as well as screenplays and television scripts, Simon has entertained audiences for over twenty years. He has been hailed as the... summary from source:
 Biography of Neil Simon
5,114 words, approx. 17 pages
"When I was a kid," playwright Neil Simon tells Tom Prideaux of Life, "I climbed up on a stone ledge to watch an outdoor movie of Charlie Chaplin. I laughed so hard I fell off, cut my head open and was taken to the doctor, bleeding and laughing.... My...
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 Neil Simon Quotes
41 words, approx. 1 pages
 When I step out of the role you have written for me you make me feel like a plagiarist. from the play Jake's Women. Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Simon, Neil
303 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 4, 1927, New York City) American playwright, screenwriter, television writer, and librettist who was one of the most popular playwrights in the history of the American theatre. Simon was raised in the Bronx and studied at New York University... summary from source:
Simon, (Marvin) Neil
119 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 4, 1927, New York, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. playwright. After studying at New York University, he worked as a comedy writer for Sid Caesar in the 1950s. His autobiographical play Come Blow Your Horn (1961) was the first of a long series of hit... summary from source:
 Simon, Neil (1927—) Summary
1,563 words, approx. 5 pagesSince the early 1960s, Broadway has almost never been without a Neil Simon hit play, which has earned the prolific New Yorker the title of the world's most commercially successful playwright. In his earlier work, with such hits as The Odd Couple... summary from source:
 Neil Simon Information
1,229 words, approx. 4 pages
Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July_4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a American playwright and screenwriter. He is one of the most reliable hitmakers in Broadway history, as well as one of the most performed playwrights in the world. From...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ) A Weekend In Neil Simon Country
11/07/1997: 714 words, approx. 2 pages ROBERT FELDBERG, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 11-07-1997 A WEEKEND IN NEIL SIMON COUNTRY -- 'PROPOSALS' JOKES SERIOUSLY By ROBERT FELDBERG, Staff Writer Date: 11-07-1997, Friday Section: LIFESTYLE / PREVIEWS Edition: All Editions -- 4 Star, 3 Star Late, 3 Star,... summary from source:
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) Neil Simon, In The Land Of Big Ben
04/10/1995: 684 words, approx. 2 pages ROBERT FELDBERG, Drama Critic The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-10-1995 NEIL SIMON, IN THE LAND OF BIG BEN By ROBERT FELDBERG, Drama Critic Date: 04-10-1995, Monday Section: LIFESTYLE / ENTERTAINMENT Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1... summary from source:
 AP News Billy Crystal to get Mark Twain prize
5/1/2007: 273 words, approx. 1 pagesBilly Crystal will be awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.He's the 10th recipient of the award, given annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. It'll be presented Oct. 11 at a tribute performance that will be televised by PBS."The... summary from source:
AP News Actor sues 'Hairspray' over firing
11/2/2007: 323 words, approx. 1 pagesA former actor in the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Hairspray" has sued the show's producers for $1.5 million, claiming they wrongfully fired him after he had surgery on a knee he injured during a performance.Joel Vig, 54, who played the roles of the Principal, Mr. Spritzer,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Robert K. Johnson
10,337 words, approx. 35 pages
Neil Simon, Twayne Publishers, 1983, pp. 16-22, 34-42, 43-51. In the following excerpts, Johnson argues that the third act of The Odd Couple, is flawed because Simon has created such fully realized characters that he is unable to manipulate them convincingly for the happy ending he has contrived. Johnson also states that in Plaza Suite Simon is showing that outward success may not be enough, and that Last of the Red Hot Lovers does not meet the challenge it sets for itself to mediate the conflict between se... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Helen McMahon
3,810 words, approx. 13 pages
“A Rhetoric of American Popular Drama: The Comedies of Neil Simon,” in Players Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, October, 1975, pp. 11-15. In the following essay, McMahon argues that Simon introduces serious themes in his plays, which challenge accepted attitudes and practices, only to later trivialize them and reinforce a conservative status quo.
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Critical Essay by Gerald M. Berkowitz
1,750 words, approx. 6 pages
Neil Simon is a critical embarrassment. It is bad enough that he is commercially the most successful dramatic writer of the past decade, but to make matters worse no one is quite sure why his comedies are such triumphs. It is very easy to point out the qualities that Simon's writing lacks; indeed, when placed up against any conventional checklist of "characteristics of great comedy," his plays are likely to fail on every count. Every count but one, that is; the fact is indisputable that...
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