Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon | Resources

Brighton Beach Memoirs Further Reading

Bennetts, Leslie. "Neil Simon Delves into His Past" in the New York Times, March 27, 1983, Sec. 2, pp. 1, 6.

Bennetts interviews Simon, discussing, among other topics, the inspiration for Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Johnson, Robert K. Neil Simon, Twayne, 1983.

McGovern offers biography, criticism, and interpretation of Simon's works through the early-1980s.

McGovern, Edythe M. Neil Simon: A Critical Study, Ungar, 1978.

McGovern offers criticism and interpretation of Simon's works through the late-1970s.

McGovern, Edythe M. Not-So-Simple Neil Simon: A Critical Study, Perivale Press, 1978.

McGovern offers criticism and interpretation of each of Simon's plays, from Come Blow Your Horn to Chapter Two.

Simon, Neil. Rewrites: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster, 1997. Simon's autobiography covers both his career and his personal life through 1973.