The Odd Couple (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Neil Simon
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Comedy
- Time of Work: The mid-1960’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Oscar Madison, Felix Ungar, Murray, Roy, Vinnie, Speed, Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: 1960’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, Marriage, Divorce, Single people
- Locales: New York, NY
The Play
The Odd Couple begins with a poker game in progress in the apartment of a divorced sportswriter, Oscar Madison. Although the apartment is spacious and furnished in good taste, it is quite untidy and filled with smoke.
The poker game, at present attended by only four of the six players, is a tightly choreographed visual gag. Vinnie is nervously checking his watch; Roy is watching Speed, who is staring at Murray, who is ponderously trying to shuffle and deal the cards. One usual member of this group, Felix Ungar, is absent, and the others are worried about...
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