Chapter Two

Name: Chapter Two
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Neil Simon
ISBN: 9781580814287

Author: Neil Simon

Narrator: David Dukes, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 05/14/2001

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

Comedy and pathos mingle brilliantly in Neil Simon’s portrait of a widowed New York novelist who fears he’ll never love again and has no interest in dating. Neither does smart, attractive Jennie Malone, who has just returned from getting a Mexican divorce. A grudging five-minute meeting between them blossoms into a passionate, witty romance–until they decide to marry. A BBC co-production.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Dukes, Sharon Gless, Gates McFadden and Grant Shaud.

About Neil Simon

Neil Simon is the writer of more than forty Broadway plays, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Out-of-Towners, and Lost in Yonkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lenny

Second time reading this. It's going to be done at The Montgomery Theater. Hmmmmm. Audition? It's been 25 years. This was a turning point play for Simon. It delves into some of the depressing issues of life - death of a spouse, divorce, attempts to find love again, and yet he manages to walk the lin......more

Goodreads review by Jandi

3.5 i love jennie sm. a good depiction of the evolution of love and happiness......more

Goodreads review by Ted

"Chapter Two" is a delightful two-act play. I marvel at the simplicity of the play's concept, the humor, and the use of incremental perturbations - all of which combine to make the play work. As a novelist, I find reading plays helpful in understanding the importance of writing dialogue that sounds n......more

Goodreads review by Neil

My taste in Neil Simon leans toward plays like this one, where there is a little more drama in the mix. I think he writes women better in this mode, while in some of the super-popular early material, the women get ignored or pushed around by the men too much. But maybe it's just that I feel like a f......more