Broadway Bound (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Neil Simon
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Autobiographical
- Time of Work: 1949
- Setting: Brighton Beach and Brooklyn, New York
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Authors or writers, New York City, 1940’s, Brothers, Jews or Jewish life, Adultery, Sisters, Working class, Grandparents or grandchildren, Radio or radio broadcasting
- Locales: Brighton Beach, NY
Characters Discussed
Kate Jerome, who is about fifty years old and graying. She is the mother of Eugene and Stanley Jerome, the daughter of Ben Epstein, and the wife of Jack Jerome. After thirty- three years of marriage, she confronts Jack with his extramarital affair; they do not speak to each other afterward. Shortly after the radio broadcast of a show written by her sons, Kate shows her son Eugene how she once danced with George Raft. The next morning, she discovers that Jack has moved out to be with Audrey, the dying woman with whom he had an affair. Kate is silent at her...
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