California Suite: A Comedy in Two Acts [Paperback]

Neil Simon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1977

Full Length, Comedy </p> Characters: 2 male, 3 female </p><p>Interior set </p><p> Neil Simon at his most humane, compassionate best. <p>It's a humorous confection divided into four parts: <em>Visitor from New York , Visitor from Philadelphia , Visitors from London</em> and<em> Visitors from Chicago</em>. <p>In <em> Visitor from New York, </em> Hannah, a magazine writer is joined by her ex-husband, the question being with whom should their daughter spend the next six months? The badinage flies fast and furious but Hannah's well-wrought artifice crumbles as her fears take hold. <p>The<em> Visitor from Philadelphia </em>is a wife who arrives at the suite, catching her husband "en flagrante delicto" with a drunken hooker. <p> <em>Visitors from London </em>brings a British star as Academy Award nominee. Diana returns from the ceremony empty-handed to husband Sidney whose homosexuality will be no comfort tonight...<p> The<em> Visitors from Chicago</em> are two couples ending a disastrous vacation they should not have shared. <p>

Product Details

• Paperback: 122 pages
• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.; 1 edition (1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0573606641
• ISBN-13: 978-0573606649
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,483,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Neil Simon comedy classic!, June 11, 2000

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Arkaan Semere - See all my reviews

This review is from: California Suite: A Comedy in Two Acts (Paperback)

Comparable to his later success, Biloxi Blues and Lost in Yonkers, California Suite is a set of four playlets set in one hotel room. They feature A- A divorced couple meeting to decide on their daughter's future

B- A man with a hooker in his room tries to hide her when his wife comes

C- A neurotic actress and her homosexual husband come to town for the Oscars

D- Four friends really get to know what it's liked going on vacation together.

The first and third are the best, because they combine wit and emotion. The other two are hilarious, but somewhat hollow. Overall, it is worth reading, and certainly ranks as one of Simons best in the past 25 years.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trice's Review, September 15, 2002

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Trice (St. Clairsville, OH, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: California Suite: A Comedy in Two Acts (Paperback)

I believe that California Suite is one of the funniest plays that i have ever read. I am fairly new to Neil Simon, but I have enjoyed everything that I have read from him so far.