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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

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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