Simon, Neil

Overview

Works:	969 works in 2,201 publications in 7 languages and 68,119 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Biography Film adaptations Criticism, interpretation, etc Television plays Interviews Comedy films
Roles:	Librettist, Author of screenplay, Scenarist, Bibliographic antecedent, Producer, Interviewee, Other, Conceptor, Author of introduction, Performer, Scribe, Composer, Creator, Contributor, Recipient, Film editor, Writer of accompanying material, Singer
Classifications:	PS3537.I663, 812.54

Publication Timeline

1950 |

|2020

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Publications about Neil Simon

Publications by Neil Simon

Most widely held works about Neil Simon

Rewrites : a memoir by Neil Simon ( Book )
Neil Simon by Robert K Johnson ( Book )
Broadway bound by Neil Simon ( Book )
The play goes on : a memoir by Neil Simon ( Book )
Neil Simon, a critical study by Edythe M McGovern ( Book )

Not-So-Simple Neil Simon : a critical study by Edythe M McGovern ( Book )
Understanding Neil Simon by Susan Fehrenbacher Koprince ( Book )
Neil Simon : a casebook by Gary Konas ( Book )
Neil Simon ( Book )
Rumors : a farce by Neil Simon ( Book )
The good doctor by Neil Simon ( Visual )
Brighton Beach memoirs by Gene Saks ( Visual )
Proposals by Neil Simon ( Book )
The odd couple ( Visual )
The odd couple ( Visual )
Rewrites a memoir by Neil Simon ( Recording )
The Good Doctor ( )
Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" by John C Carr ( Book )
Neil Simon's Biloxi blues by Mike Nichols ( Visual )
Neil Simon's Biloxi blues by Neil Simon ( Recording )

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Most widely held works by Neil Simon

The collected plays of Neil Simon by Neil Simon ( Book )
30 editions published between 1979 and 2005 in English and held by 2,761 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Brings together the texts of Simon's plays, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, California Suite, God's Favorite, The Sunshine Boys, and The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Brighton Beach memoirs by Neil Simon ( Book )
32 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,722 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A comedy built around the Jerome family during the Depression and focusing on fifteen-year-old, Eugene, preoccupied with sex and the Yankees

Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon ( Book )
23 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,040 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An insightful drama about one woman's drive and its emotional toll on her and her family. Grandma Kurnitz has endured many crises, ranging from a harsh childhood in Germany to being a young widow with six children in a foreign country. From her life she learned to be strong, hard, and cold, and this is the lesson she tries to instill in her four remaining children. While her two teenage grandsons are in her care, the three learn the importance of being loved and loving, and the difference between living and surviving. The themes of family ties and the search for love should strike a responsive chord with many young adults

The comedy of Neil Simon by Neil Simon ( Book )
16 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biloxi blues by Neil Simon ( Book )
14 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,701 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

I ought to be in pictures : a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
15 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and held by 1,390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Libby, a tough high-spirited adolescent ventures cross-country from New York to L.A. "to be in pictures" and to connect with her playwright father

The prisoner of Second Avenue: a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
16 editions published between 1971 and 2010 in English and held by 1,387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Domestic comedy. A middle-aged couple have to cope with declining facilities of New York (City) apartment houses, as well as tensions which metropolitan and national affairs engender, such as unemployment. 2 acts, 5 scenes, 2 men, 4 women, 1 interior

Chapter two : a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
12 editions published between 1977 and 1981 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Barefoot in the park : a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
20 editions published between 1963 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This comedic play follows the trials and tribulations of newlyweds in their first apartment

The odd couple by Neil Simon ( Book )
13 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,312 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two poker buddies, one a hyper-neurotic, the other an incurable slob, suddenly find themselves bachelors again and decide to share a New York City apartment

The good doctor; a new comedy with music by Neil Simon ( Book )
11 editions published between 1974 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Russia at the turn of the century provides the setting for comedy sketches about life's minor tragedies

They're playing our song : a new musical comedy by Marvin Hamlisch ( Book )
10 editions published between 1978 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Goodbye girl by Herbert Ross ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in English and Japanese and held by 1,218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When a woman's ex-husband sublets her apartment right out from under her and she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comic, hate-love relationship

The odd couple by Gene Saks ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 1,208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Following the collapse of his marriage, TV newswriter Felix Ungar decides to commit suicide in a cheap hotel room and fails. He dejectedly makes his way to the weekly poker game being held at the Riverside Drive apartment of his best friend, Oscar Madison, a divorced sportswriter. Felix accepts an invitation to share the eight room apartment, but his hypochondria and his compulsion for order and cleanliness drive the slovenly Oscar to distraction, and the two men are soon quarreling

Plaza suite by Neil Simon ( Book )
7 editions published between 1969 and 2010 in Undetermined and English and held by 1,189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

California suite : a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
7 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 1,163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Visitors from New York, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago are the protagonists in four playlets set in the Beverly Hills Hotel

The star-spangled girl by Neil Simon ( Book )
14 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in English and held by 1,114 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Andy and Norman are two earnest young men using their apartment as a publishing office for a "protest" magazine in San Francisco. Sophie, an Olympic swimmer and all-American girl, moves into another apartment on the same floor. Sophie makes her first appearance paying a good-neighbor visit to the combination home and office of the two publishers. Her friendliness and charm leave Norman hopelessly smitten. Thereafter love, with him, is a determined madness, with the humor of it heightened by her frantic rejection of him. Meanwhile, his partner is fielding telephone calls from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and distracting the landlady from thoughts of back rent with motorcycle rides and surfing expeditions. And while she is convinced that they are editing a dangerously subversive magazine, our heroine soon finds that the real source of her annoyance is that the wrong man is pressing his attentions on her

God's favorite : a new comedy by Neil Simon ( Book )
13 editions published between 1969 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The gingerbread lady : a new play by Neil Simon ( Book )
9 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 1,054 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The heartbreak kid by Peter Farrelly ( Visual )
11 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 1,040 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Eddie is a confirmed bachelor who is forty and owns a sporting-goods store. After watching his ex-fiancé walk down the aisle, he meets Lila who is an environmental researcher. Lila seems too good to be true. Pressured by his father and best friend, Eddie pops the question and marries Lila after only six weeks. He almost immediately discovers that his new bride is a nightmare with more baggage than he can handle. While on their honeymoon in Cabo, Eddie meets Miranda, a down-to-earth lacrosse coach who is visiting with her family. Sparks fly between Eddie and Miranda, and now he needs to break off his marriage, all while trying to keep the truth from Miranda about why he's in Cabo in the first place

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