Brighton Beach Memoirs | Essays and Criticism

  • The Concept of Dignity

    In this essay, Petrusso discusses how the concept of dignity drives each of the characters in Simon's play.

  • Journeys into Night

    In this review of Brighton Beach Memoirs, the author praises Simon's facility with humorous dialogue, though he has reservations about the playwright's status as a master dramatist.

  • Portrait of the Artist As a Young Saint

    While calling the play's humor ''surefire,'' Gill's ultimate appraisal of Brighton Beach Memoirs finds the play stumbling into "shallowness'' when Simon awkwardly strives for profound sentiments.