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Writings, 1957-2013 (continued)
Scripts, 1957-2009 (continued)
Single Works, 1957-2009 (continued)
They're Playing Our Song (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 63/7 Fourth draft, rehearsal script, 1978 October
They're Playing Our Song (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 63/8 First draft, 1984 August
BOX-FOLDER 63/9 Draft pages, 2009
Manuscript and typescript
Third Class to Shanghai (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 64/1 Draft, undated
Note: First few pages missing
The Trouble with People (television program)
Note: Five one-acts. "Double Trouble," "The Greasy Dinner," "The Man Who Got a Ticket," "The Night Visitor," and "The Office Sharers"
BOX-FOLDER 64/2-4 Drafts, 1972
Twice Burned (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 64/5 First draft, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 64/6 Notebook, circa 1996
Manuscript
Under the Hollywood Sign (play)
BOX-FOLDER 64/7 First draft, 2004
BOX-FOLDER 64/8 Notebook and pages, circa 2004
Manuscript
View from the 30th Floor (play)
BOX-FOLDER 65/1 Draft, 1970 February 20
6 pages
Visitor from Park Avenue (play)
BOX-FOLDER 65/2 Draft, undated
Visitor from Toledo (play)
BOX-FOLDER 65/3-4 Drafts, undated
Waiting for Poppa (play)
BOX-FOLDER 65/5-6 First draft, 2003 August
BOX-FOLDER 65/7-9 Second draft, 2002 February, 2003 August
BOX-FOLDER 65/10 to 66/3 Third draft, 2004 Fall
Manuscript and typescript
BOX-FOLDER 66/4-5 Fourth draft, 2004, 2005 August
BOX-FOLDER 66/6-7 Seventh draft, 2006 February-March
BOX-FOLDER 66/8 to 67/1 Eighth draft, 2006 Spring
BOX-FOLDER 67/2 Draft, 2006 July
BOX-FOLDER 67/3-6 Draft pages, circa 2007-2010
Manuscript and typescript
BOX-FOLDER 67/7-9 Notebooks and pages, undated
Manuscript
Waiting in Yonkers (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/1 First draft, undated
4 pages
"Walter and Angie"
BOX-FOLDER 68/2 Draft pages, undated
Manuscript
The Wife (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/3 Draft pages, undated
Manuscript; 8 pages
The Winter Gang (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/4 First draft, undated
10 pages
"Writer"
BOX-FOLDER 68/5 Draft pages, undated
Manuscript; 2 pages
You Are Invited to the Wedding of So and So and So and So (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/6 Draft pages, 2009
Manuscript and typescript
The Young Sunshine Boys
BOX-FOLDER 68/7 First draft, circa 2005
Manuscript
Untitled works
BOX-FOLDER 68/8 Character description, undated
Note: Characters identified are Chris, Kathy, Paula, Jerry, Val, Merle
BOX-FOLDER 68/9 Character descriptions and synopsis, undated
Manuscript
Note: Characters identified are Ira Ackerman, Julius Klein, Rowen Morely
BOX-FOLDER 68/10 Untitled play, undated
Note: Characters identified are Ed Cogan, Jean, Charles Carney (aka Chuck)
BOX-FOLDER 68/11 Untitled play, undated
9 pages
Note: Characters identified are Sidney Lipton, Michael Lipton, Dave Ostrow, Elaine
BOX-FOLDER 68/12 Untitled scene, undated
Manuscript; [6] pages
Note: Characters identified are Paul, El, Josie, Liz, Rosita
BOX-FOLDER 68/13 Untitled scene, undated
Manuscript; [4] pages
Note: Characters identified are Walter and Karen
BOX-FOLDER 68/14 Untitled scene, undated
Manuscript; [1] page
Note: Characters identified are Walter, J. J., Peter, Charley
Multiple Works, 1977-2008
This sub-subseries consists of 127 individual notebooks created by Neil Simon. Each notebook contains multiple handwritten drafts, rehearsal notes, or rewrites for Simon's film, stage, and television projects. They also include drafts of articles, speeches, and other miscellaneous writings by Simon. Drafts for a single motion picture, musical, or play may occur within the same notebook and also across several different notebooks that are not arranged in consecutive order. Works are listed in the order they appear within each notebook.
Arranged alphabetically by notebook title. Untitled notebooks arranged alphabetically by first identified work.
BOX-FOLDER 68/15 [1] "'202 & 204' / letters to 'Yonkers' cast," 1991 and undated
Contents:
  • 202 and 204; character studies
  • Letter to David, theater critic, 1991 February 14
  • Letters to the Lost in Yonkers cast; Jamie [Marsh], Danny [Gerard], Lauren [Klein], Mark [Blum], Kevin [Spacey], Irene [Worth], Mercedes [Ruehl], Peter [Lawrence?], Tharon [Musser], Santo [Loquasto], Jay [Binder], 1991 February 21
  • London Suite; notes
  • The Prisoner of Central Park West; title page
  • Laughter on the 23rd Floor (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/16 [2] "202 & 204 and London Suite," undated
Contents:
  • 202 & 204 (play)
  • London Suite (play); crossed out title "The House on 82nd Street"; synopsis of three acts
  • London Suite (play); first draft; Act 1 "The Reunion"; Act 2 "The Nanny"
BOX-FOLDER 68/17 [3] "202 & 204 and Rewrites," undated
Contents:
  • [202 and 204] (play)
  • [Rewrites] (play)
  • [Four Can Tango/Hotel La Plata] (play)
  • [202 and 204] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 68/18 [4] "'Alone in Venice' 1st draft," undated
Contents:
  • Alone in Venice (play); first draft
  • "Past, Present and We’ll See," chapter
  • "Mr. Simon Goes to Washington," chapter from The Play Goes On
BOX-FOLDER 69/1 [5] "Another Beginning of Another...," undated
Contents:
  • [Sometimes My Mother – Never Mind] (play); monologue by a character named Josie
  • Sometimes My Mother – Never Mind (play), October 12
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (play)
BOX-FOLDER 69/2 [6] "Arnold, a Retrospective and Broadway Bound," undated
Contents:
  • Arnold, a Retrospective (play)
  • Broadway Bound (play)
BOX-FOLDER 69/3 [7] "Biloxi Blues and The Odd Couple (female version)," undated
Contents:
  • Biloxi Blues (play)
  • The Odd Couple (play); female version
BOX-FOLDER 69/4 [8] "Broadway Bound," 1986 and undated
Contents:
  • Unidentified play; scene for characters Eugene and Josie
  • Broadway Bound (play)
  • "Union League Address" speech, 1986 November 10
  • [Biloxi Blues] (motion picture)
  • The Suitcase (motion picture); synopsis
BOX-FOLDER 69/5 [9] "Broadway Bound and Honor's Speech," undated
Contents:
  • Broadway Bound (play)
  • Walter Matthau tribute for the United Jewish Appeal speech
BOX-FOLDER 69/6 [10] "Broadway Bound and Man Made Women (a new musical)," undated
Contents:
  • Broadway Bound (play)
  • Note: "Peter Brook, Peter Hamm, Mr. Abbott and Gadge welcome you to their ranks, Love -"
  • Lyric sketches
  • Man Made Woman (musical); based on the motion picture Love Me or Leave Me
BOX-FOLDER 69/7 [11] "Broadway Bound, My Son's Brother (movie), and Jake's Women," undated
Contents:
  • Broadway Bound (play); first draft
  • My Son's Brother (motion picture)
  • Unidentified motion picture; characters are Robin, Jake, and Kate
BOX-FOLDER 70/1 [12] "Broadway Bound and The Suitcase," undated
Contents:
  • [Biloxi Blues] (motion picture)
  • The Suitcase (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 70/2 [13] "Bogart Slept Here," undated
Contents:
  • Bogart Slept Here (motion picture)
  • God’s Favorite (play)
  • Bogart Slept Here (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 70/3 [14] "California Suite, Chapter Two, Zero Mostel tribute, and Fools or The Good Doctor," undated
Contents:
  • [George Feiffer, Meet Annie Malone] (play); early title for Chapter Two
  • California Suite (motion picture)
  • [The Cheap Detective] (motion picture); [1] page
  • Chapter Two (play); listings of possible titles also include: "Personal Items." "Slightly Personal," "Pieces"
  • California Suite (motion picture)
  • Mister Ex; character and actor list with two-sentence description
  • [George Feiffer, Meet Annie Malone/Chapter Two] (play)
  • Zero Mostel tribute speech
  • Invited list
  • Fools (play)
BOX-FOLDER 70/4 [15] "Century (a new musical - 1st draft), Africa Hot (Intro - 3rd volume of plays), and A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose," undated
Contents:
  • Century (musical); first draft; music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
  • A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose (play)
  • "Africa Hot"; introduction to the third volume of collected plays
  • A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose (play)
  • [Lost in Yonkers] (play); final page
BOX-FOLDER 70/5 [16] "'Charley Come Back' / 'Rewrites' autobiography," 1993 August-September
Contents:
  • Charley Come Back (motion picture); first draft, 1993 August
  • Rewrites memoir, 1993 August 10
  • Charley Come Back (motion picture); more rewrites of second draft, 1993 September
BOX-FOLDER 70/6 [17] "Cooking Class and Josie," undated
Note: "Cooking Class" is a possible earlier title for Rumors
Contents:
  • [Rumors] (play)
  • Temporary title Josie; synopsis; crossed out title "The Dog Leg" followed by "A Golf Term"
  • [A Foggy Day] (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 70/7 [18] "'Cop of the Year' / Speeches," 1991-1992 and undated
Contents:
  • Cop of the Year (motion picture); first draft
  • Anti-Defamation League speech, 1991 December 8
  • List: "N. Y. Movies"
  • Lost in Yonkers (motion picture); additional scene
  • "Letter to Cast of 'Jake's [Women]'/closing night party," 1992 October 25
BOX-FOLDER 70/8 [19] "Embraceable You and A Foggy Day," undated
Note: "Musical w/ Gershwin scores" written on cover
Contents:
  • Embraceable You (musical); alternate title "New New Yorkers"
  • A Foggy Day (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 70/9 [20] "Fools, Bill Bradley Oxford Cambridge Dinner Speech, Hofstra Commencement speech (5/17/81), and The Heartbreak Kid," 1981 and undated
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