Neil Simon on Screen

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Neil Simon on Screen

Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television

Theatre studies Films, cinema Television Literature: history and criticism

Author: Peter Shelley

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Language: English

Published by: McFarland

Published on: 28th January 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 232 pages

ISBN: 9781476617527


Neil Simon is the most successful American playwright on Broadway, and the winner of many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and a Kennedy Center Honor for Lifetime Achievement. Many of his plays have been adapted into films and made-for-television movies, and he has written original screenplays and television specials.

This book provides a catalogue of Simon's screen work with cast and crew information, synopses, release dates, reviews, awards and DVD availability. Notes on each film cover his narrative subjects and themes as well as adaptation, direction and performance.

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