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This 5 page paper discusses Neil Simon's style, the plays that were running when he made his debut, and his influence on the theater. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the theater, and how his work differs from other playwrights. Discussion Neil Simons writing is intimately connected to his life, and in particular, his relationship with his brother. Neil Simon
was born on July 4, 1927, in the Bronx into a "troubled Depression-era household" that is the inspiration for much of his work (Price, 2002). His father abandoned the family
frequently, leaving young Neil with a sense that he had to take care of his mother (Price, 2002). Neil idolized his brother Danny, his senior by eight years; Danny quit
high school to write comedy, and became the most important influence on Neils work (Price, 2002). No less a personage than Woody Allen said, "Everything I know about comedy
I learned from Danny Simon" (Price, 2002). Danny Simon was acknowledged as a "comic genius," but so it turned out was Neil, and by the time Neil was 16, the
brothers were working together (Price, 2002). The Simon brothers served in the armed forces during World War II, and then returned to New York City, where they found work writing
for the fledgling television industry (Price, 2002). Among the shows they worked on were Sid Caesars your show of shows and Phil Silverss The Sergeant Bilko show (Price, 2002). Although
they were concentrating on TV, "one of their sketches did make it to Broadway in the 1956 revue New faces, starring Maggie Smith (Price, 2002). Neil Simon went it alone
after working with Danny for many years, but he found that the quality of the shows he was working on was declining; he dreamed of writing plays instead (Price, 2002).
His first play, Come blow your horn, opened in 1961 and after a slow start, became a bona fide hit, running for 677 performances (Price, 2002). This play, like almost
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