Simon, Neil

Overview

Works:	1,008 works in 2,842 publications in 8 languages and 70,906 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Comedy plays Comedy films Biography Film adaptations Autobiographies Criticism, interpretation, etc Romantic comedy films Drames à clef Film remakes
Roles:	Author, Librettist, Author of screenplay, Interviewee, Scenarist, Bibliographic antecedent, Producer, Other, Composer, Conceptor, Author of introduction, Performer, Contributor, Scribe, Singer, Film editor, Creator, Recipient, Writer of accompanying material
Classifications:	PS3537.I663, 812.54

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Neil Simon

Neil Simon by Robert K Johnson( Book )
Rewrites : a memoir by Neil Simon( 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 )
Rumors : a farce by Neil Simon( Book )
Neil Simon( Book )
The good doctor by Neil Simon( Visual )
The odd couple( Visual )
The odd couple( Visual )
Brighton Beach memoirs by Blythe Danner( Visual )
Neil Simon's memoirs : Rewrites and the Play Goes On by Neil Simon( Book )
Julia Newton and Cliff Robertson( Visual )
Art Carney( Visual )
Marvin Hamlisch( Visual )
The comedy of Neil Simon by Neil Simon( Book )
Rewrites : a memoir 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 )

73 editions published between 1971 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brings together the texts of Simon's Chapter Two, California Suite, God's Favorite, The Good Doctor, The Sunshine Boys, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Gingerbread Lady, and Little Me

Brighton Beach memoirs by Neil Simon( Book )

46 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,632 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 )

32 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,010 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

Plaza suite by Neil Simon( Book )

29 editions published between 1969 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza. A suburban couple take the suite while their house is being painted and it turns out to be the one in which they honeymooned 23 (or was it 24?) years before and was yesterday the anniversary, or is it today? This tale of marriage in tatters is followed by the exploits of a Hollywood producer who, after three marriages, is looking for fresh fields. He calls a childhood sweetheart, now a suburban housewife, for a little sexual diversion. Over the years she has idolized him from afar and is now more than the match he bargained for. The last couple is a mother and father fighting about the best way to get their daughter out of the bathroom and down to the ballroom where guests await her or as Mother yells, "I want you to come out of that bathroom and get married!"--Publisher's description

Biloxi blues by Neil Simon( Book )

27 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Eugene Jerome, a naive recruit from Brooklyn, is sent to boot camp in Biloxi, Mississippi where he encounters a tough drill sergeant and an electic group of fellow recruits

The comedy of Neil Simon by Neil Simon( Book )

19 editions published between 1971 and 1973 in English and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The odd couple by Gene Saks( Visual )

25 editions published between 1967 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two divorced men (one fastidious to a fault, the other an incredible slob) share a New York apartment

Chapter two : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

15 editions published between 1977 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The odd couple by Neil Simon( Book )

27 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,228 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. This classic comedic play was later adapted into two motion pictures and a successful television series

The Goodbye girl by Herbert Ross( Visual )

31 editions published between 1977 and 2016 in English and held by 1,190 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

Last of the red hot lovers by Neil Simon( Book )

16 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in English and held by 1,155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Last of the Red Hot Lovers is one of the most amusing of Neil Simon?s comedies. It focuses on Barney Cashman, a forty-seven-year-old owner of a seafood restaurant who is afraid that the sexual revolution of the 1960?s is passing him by. Over the space of nine months, he invites three different women to his mother?s Manhattan apartment in an attempt to have an afternoon of extramarital sex. None of the affairs is consummated, however, and Barney decides after the last one that he would prefer a romantic afternoon with his wife, Thelma

The heartbreak kid by Peter Farrelly( Visual )

14 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in English and Spanish and held by 1,138 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

California suite : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

10 editions published between 1976 and 1977 in English and held by 1,085 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Visitors from New York, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago are the protagonists in four playlets set in the Beverly Hills Hotel

Barefoot in the park : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

6 editions published between 1963 and 1967 in English and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This comedic play follows the trials and tribulations of newlyweds in their first apartment

The good doctor; a new comedy with music by Neil Simon( Book )

9 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 1,057 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Russia at the turn of the century provides the setting for comedy sketches about life's minor tragedies

I ought to be in pictures : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

18 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,043 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

God's favorite : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

15 editions published between 1969 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Successful Long Island businessman Joe Benjamin is a modern-day 'Job' with a demanding wife, ungrateful children and wise-cracking household employees. Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, he is visited by Sidney Lipton, a.k.a. A Messenger from God (and compulsive film buff) with a mission: test Joe's faith and report back to "the Boss". The jokes and Tests of Faith fly fast and furious as Neil Simon spins a contemporary morality tale like no other in this hilarious comedy."--

The gingerbread lady : a new play by Neil Simon( Book )

12 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in English and held by 1,007 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Evy Meara is a popular singer who has hit the skids. After a short stay in rehab, her best friend, age-defying Toby, her daughter Polly, and Jimmy Perry, a gay actor, try to help her adjust to sobriety with a jolly birthday party. Enter Lou Tanner, a former lover, who ends up giving her a black eye. The party is a wash out, the "gingerbread lady" falls off the wagon and hits the ropes once again." -- from publisher Samuel French

Barefoot in the park( Visual )

32 editions published between 1967 and 2013 in English and German and held by 999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A comedy about a young newlywed couple in New York and the difficulties that they encounter in adjusting to marriage and life together in a fifth-floor walk-up apartment

The sunshine boys : a new comedy by Neil Simon( Book )

6 editions published between 1972 and 1973 in English and held by 962 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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