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Neil Simon (1927–2018)

Autor von Brighton Beach Memoirs

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Marvin Neil Simon was born in the Bronx, New York on July 4, 1927. He attended New York University as an enlistee in the Army Air Forces Air Reserve training program. He continued his studies at the University of Denver while assigned to a base nearby. After his discharge from the Air Force, he mehr anzeigen worked as a clerk in publicity at Warner Bros. in New York with his brother Danny. Together they began writing television and radio scripts for comics. They also wrote weekly revues for Camp Tamiment, the summer resort in the Poconos. Simon went on to become a playwright. His first play, Come Blow Your Horn, was written in 1961. His other plays included Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Sunshine Boys, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, and The Dinner Party. In 1991, he won a Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Lost in Yonkers. He adapted several of his plays for film. He also wrote original movies including The Out-of-Towners, The Goodbye Girl, and The Heartbreak Kid. He wrote the book for several Broadway musicals including Little Me; Sweet Charity; Promises, Promises; and They're Playing Our Song. He wrote a two-volume autobiography. He died from complications of pneumonia on August 26, 2018 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: Neil Simon, Neal Simon, Neil Simom

Bildnachweis: World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Ravenna, 1966 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-121470)

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Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983) 389 Exemplare
The Odd Couple (1966) 321 Exemplare
Lost in Yonkers (1991) 279 Exemplare
Rumors (1988) 201 Exemplare
Rewrites: A Memoir (1996) 186 Exemplare
Biloxi Blues (1985) 161 Exemplare
The Good Doctor (1973) 147 Exemplare
Broadway Bound (1986) 137 Exemplare
The Odd Couple (Female Version) (1985) 127 Exemplare
The Comedy of Neil Simon (1971) 121 Exemplare
Murder by Death [1976 film] (1976) — Screenwriter — 116 Exemplare
Chapter Two (1977) 108 Exemplare
Fools (1981) 107 Exemplare
The Odd Couple [1968 film] (1968) — Screenwriter — 98 Exemplare
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971) 92 Exemplare
California Suite (1976) 90 Exemplare
God's Favorite (1974) 84 Exemplare
Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969) 83 Exemplare
Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993) 81 Exemplare
The Play Goes On: A Memoir (1999) 81 Exemplare
I Ought to be in Pictures (1980) 76 Exemplare
The Sunshine Boys (1972) 73 Exemplare
They're Playing Our Song (1979) 73 Exemplare
Barefoot in the Park [1967 film] (1967) — Screenplay — 71 Exemplare
Come Blow Your Horn (1961) 64 Exemplare
The Star-Spangled Girl (1966) 63 Exemplare
Jake's Women (1992) 61 Exemplare
The Gingerbread Lady (1970) 55 Exemplare
The Goodbye Girl [1977 film] (1977) — Screenwriter — 54 Exemplare
The Out-of-Towners [1970 film] (1970) — Screenwriter / Original play — 42 Exemplare
Sweet Charity: A Musical (1965) — Libretto — 35 Exemplare
Biloxi Blues [1988 film] (2004) — Screenwriter — 31 Exemplare
The Cheap Detective [1978 film] (1990) — Screenwriter — 31 Exemplare
Proposals (1997) 27 Exemplare
The Odd Couple II [1998 film] (1999) — Writer — 25 Exemplare
The Dinner Party (2000) 25 Exemplare
London Suite (1995) 19 Exemplare
Sweet Charity: Original 1966 Broadway Cast Recording (1965) — Librettist — 16 Exemplare
California Suite [1978 film] (1990) — Screenwriter — 15 Exemplare
Brighton Beach Memoirs [1986 film] (1986) — Screenwriter — 13 Exemplare
Promises, Promises (Piano/Vocal/Songbook) (1968) — Lyrics — 13 Exemplare
The Sunshine Boys [1975 film] (1975) — Screenwriter — 12 Exemplare
Max Dugan Returns [1983 film] (1983) — Screenwriter — 10 Exemplare
The Prisoner of Second Avenue [1975 film] (1975) — Screenwriter — 10 Exemplare
Neil Simon's Memoirs (2016) 5 Exemplare
The Sunshine Boys [1996 TV movie] (1999) — Screenwriter — 5 Exemplare
Last of the Red Hot Lovers [1972 film] — Screenwriter — 5 Exemplare
Plaza Suite [1971 film] (2003) — Screenwriter — 5 Exemplare
The Neil Simon Collection (2010) 5 Exemplare
Rose's Dilemma (2004) 4 Exemplare
Little Me (1962) 4 Exemplare
Sweet Charity (score) — Librettist — 3 Exemplare
Questa volta è la mia storia (2007) 3 Exemplare
BIENVENIDA A CASA 1 Exemplar
La chica del adiós (1979) 1 Exemplar
Komödien (1988) 1 Exemplar
Oscar and Felix 1 Exemplar

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Sweet Charity [1969 film] (1969) — Libretto — 66 Exemplare
Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays (1992) — Mitwirkender — 56 Exemplare
Comedy tonight!: Broadway picks its favorite plays (1977) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Mitwirkender — 33 Exemplare
Seems Like Old Times [1980 film] (1980) — Original play — 27 Exemplare
Best American Plays: 7th Series, 1967-1973 (1975) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
Best Plays of the Sixties (1970) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (1978) — Original screenplay — 20 Exemplare
Best American Plays: 8th Series, 1974-1982 (1983) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
Best American Plays: 6th Series, 1963-1967 (1971) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
Best American Plays: Ninth Series, 1983-1992 (1993) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Most Popular Plays of the American Theatre (1979) — Mitwirkender — 15 Exemplare
Best Plays of the Seventies (1980) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 41 1996 (1996) — Autor — 10 Exemplare
Lost In Yonkers [1993 film] — Original play — 7 Exemplare
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 4 — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Come Blow Your Horn [1963 film] (1992) — Original play — 3 Exemplare

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I've never seen this play and only read the script because Darrell foisted it on me. It's hard to believe he's going to do it with his high school kids because there's a lot of swearing and it's a little dated. Reading it, I thought it was ridiculous, but I only laughed out loud once. I'm pretty sure if I saw it, though, I'd think it was funny.
 
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LibrarianDest | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 3, 2024 |
Superb: on the one hand, gregarious and gossipy, on the other, a peek inside the workshop of a master.
 
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Mark_Feltskog | 1 weitere Rezension | Dec 23, 2023 |
Maybe it's one of those pieces where you really have to see it performed live; as an audiobook performance it felt stilted and emotionless.
 
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blueskygreentrees | 6 weitere Rezensionen | Jul 30, 2023 |
Funny but not my favorite Simon.
 
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