The Odd Couple Summary
Neil Simon

The Odd Couple Summary

When The Odd Couple appeared on Broadway in March of 1965, Neil Simon was already a fairly well-known playwnght. His successful comedy, Come Blow Your Horn, had initiated his Broadway career in 1961 and Barefoot in the Park in 1963 had been an even bigger hit. But The Odd Couple, with its unforgettable pair of mismatched roommates, made Simon a cultural phenomenon, and he subsequently became in his own lifetime the most commercially successful playwnght in...

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