CRITICISM

Bryer, Jackson R. “Neil Simon.” In The Playwright's Art: Conversations with Contemporary American Dramatists, pp.221-40. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995, 316p.

An interview touching on Simon's life, times, and works.

Gilman, Richard. “A Hit and A Success.” In Common and Uncommon Masks: Writings on Theatre 1961-1970, pp. 198-200. New York: Random House, 1971, 319p.

An appreciative review of Barefoot In the Park as being better than other Broadway hits.

Kerr, Walter. “Money and Uglier Matters.” In God on the Gymnasium Floor, and Other Theatrical Adventures, pp. 214-39. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977, 320p.

Presents a discussion of the economics of the Broadway theatre.

———. Thirty Plays Hath November: Pain and Pleasure in the Contemporary Theatre, pp. 297-301. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969, 343p.

An appreciative review of Plaza Suite.

McGovern, Edythe M. Neil Simon: A Critical Study, New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1979, 196p.

The first book length study of Simon's plays attempts to evaluate them as literature rather than merely as hits.

Richards, David. “The Last of the Red Hot Playwrights.” The New York Times Sec. 6, Col. 1 (17 February 1991): 30.

Profiles Simon as the last successful playwright writing regularly for Broadway.

Rhinehart, Brian and Norman N. Holland. “Jake's Women: A Dialogue.” In Neil Simon: A Casebook, edited by Gary Konas, pp.173-188. New York: Garland Publishing, 1997, 242p.

A discussion of Jake's Women considering the play from a postmodern psychoanalytic point of view.

Additional coverage of Simon's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 32; Authors in the News, Vol. 1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 21-24R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 26, 54, 87; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 6, 11, 31, 39, 70; Dictionary of Literary Biography,Vol. 7; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors Modules: Dramatists; Drama for Students, Vols. 2, 6; and Major 20th-Century Writers, Vols. 1, 2.