Lost in Yonkers (Paperback)

Comic Drama / Casting: 4m, 3f / Interior SceneryWinner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award By America's great comic playwright, this memory play is set in a Yonkers in 1942. The hit Broadway production featured Irene Worth, Mercedes Ruehl and Kevin Spacey in award-winning performances. Bella, is 35-years-old, mentally challenged and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz . As the play opens, ne'r do-well son Eddie deposits his two young sons on the old lady's doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hood in a strange new world called Yonkers.The best play Simon ever wrote.-New York PostBroadway desperately needs a comedy, a drama, and a hit. With Lost in Yonkers, Mr. Simon has given us all three.-Wall Street JournalOne of Simon's most impressive and funniest plays.-New York Daily NewsLaughter and tears have come together in a new emotional truth. There are moments in this play when you experience a new kind of laughter for Simon, a silent laughter that doesn't explode into a yuk but implodes straight into your heart.- Newsweek

General

Imprint:	Samuel French
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2010
First published:	June 2010
Authors:	Neil Simon
Dimensions:	135 x 205 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	114
ISBN-13:	978-0-573-69336-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-573-69336-6
Barcode:	9780573693366

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