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Writings, 1957-2013 (continued)
Scripts, 1957-2009 (continued)
Multiple Works, 1977-2008 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 74/7 [53] "Lost in Yonkers (Formerly Louis the Gangster)," undated
Contents:
  • Louis the Gangster (play); first draft; became "Lost in Yonkers"
  • [The Marrying Man] (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 74/8 [54] "Lost in Yonkers," undated
Contents:
  • Louis the Gangster (play); became "Lost in Yonkers"
  • Jake’s Women (play)
  • A Foggy Day (musical); second draft
BOX-FOLDER 74/9 [55] "Love Is Not for People or Jane Coppertwist, California Suite, and The War of the Rosens or Brighton Beach Memoirs," undated
Contents:
  • Love Is Not for People; character and situation descriptions
  • Jane Coppertwist; based on some elements of Love Is Not for People but with different character names
  • [Chapter Two] or [George Feiffer, Meet Annie Malone] (play)
  • California Suite (motion picture)
  • [Chapter Two] or [George Feiffer, Meet Annie Malone] (play)
  • The War of the Rosens (play); character descriptions and the beginning of Act I, Scene 1; earlier title for Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • Louis and Lillian (play)
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical); synopsis
BOX-FOLDER 75/1 [56] "The Marrying Man (continued), Jake's Women (1st run through), and Laughter on the 23rd Floor," 1989 and undated
Contents:
  • The Marrying Man (motion picture)
  • Jake's Women (play), sixth draft, 1989 Summer
  • [Proposals] (play); two pages only
  • [The Goodbye Girl] (musical)
  • Jake's Women (play); notes from first run through
  • [The Goodbye Girl] (musical)
  • Laughter on the 23rd Floor (play)
BOX-FOLDER 75/2 [57] "The Marrying Man (rewrites), Jake's Women (rewrites), and Rewrites (autobiography)," undated
Contents:
  • The Marrying Man (motion picture); rewrites
  • Jake's Women (play); rewrites
  • The Marrying Man (motion picture); rewrites continued
  • Rewrites memoir; opening paragraph only
BOX-FOLDER 75/3 [58] "The Marrying Man and The Odd Couple II," undated
Contents:
  • The Marrying Man (motion picture)
  • The Odd Couple II (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 75/4 [59] "The Marrying Man and Rumors (rewrites)," undated
Contents:
  • Charley Pearl (motion picture); became The Marrying Man
  • Rumors (play); rewrites
BOX-FOLDER 75/5 [60] "'The Merry Widows' screenplay / Notes on 'Goodbye Girl' musical," undated
Contents:
  • The Goodbye Girl (musical); a scene-by-scene synopsis with bits of dialogue and song placements
  • The Merry Widows (motion picture); crossed-out title "Murder-in-Laws"
  • [Dots and Boxes]; paper-and-pencil game played between Simon and Bryn Lander Simon
BOX-FOLDER 75/6 [61] "Mr. Bad News (Continued), Killing Cousins, Mr. Bad News, Murder at San Simeon, and Playwright of the year speech (Chicago, 1985)," 1985 and undated
Contents:
  • Mr. Bad News (motion picture)
  • Killing Cousins (motion picture); first draft, crossed out titles are "Money Mad," "Catch a Falling Star," and "The Chase Is On"
  • [Laughter on the 23rd Floor] (play); early draft with different character names
  • Mr. Bad News (motion picture)
  • [Laughter on the 23rd Floor] (play)
  • Murder at San Simeon (motion picture)
  • Unidentified; possibly a version of Rumors, characters are Ken, Myra, Claire, Chris, Lenny
  • Unidentified; characters are Joe, David (an angel)
  • "Playwright of the Year" speech; Chicago, 1985 December
BOX-FOLDER 75/7 [62] "Murder at San Simeon," undated
Contents:
  • Murder at San Simeon (motion picture)
  • Broadway Bound (play); rewrites
BOX-FOLDER 75/8 [63] "Murder on My Mind (Screenplay), Top Cops (Screenplay), and Sundays Are Hard (Screenplay)," undated
Contents:
  • Murder on My Mind (motion picture); first draft
  • Synopsis; two paragraphs that possibly relate to Murder on My Mind
  • Top Cops (motion picture); first draft
  • Sundays Are Hard (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 75/9 [64] "My Son's Brother (Screenplay, Rewrites) and Josie (AKA Proposals, Play, Rewrites, 10/89)," 1989 and undated
Contents:
  • My Son's Brother (motion picture); rewrites
  • Josie (play); rewrites, 1989 October
BOX-FOLDER 76/1 [65] "Neil's notes for: Goodbye Girl, Dinner Party, Rewrites reading notes, take off on 'Hannible Rising,'" 1992-2006 and undated
Contents:
  • The Goodbye Girl (musical); notes; Chicago first preview; [1992] December 22-25
  • The Sunshine Boys (play); notes; Tony Randall, Jack Klugman, 1997 December 2
  • The Dinner Party (play); notes 10/4 through 10/6; N.Y., Music Box Theater, 2000 September 26
  • Rewrites (play); notes from reading in New York, 2005 [month unidentified] 18
  • "Take off on 'Hannible [sic] Rising'" a parody of writing style, 2006 December 24
BOX-FOLDER 76/2 [66] "Notes," undated
Contents:
  • [45 Seconds from Broadway] (play)
  • [Waiting for Poppa] (play)
  • Letter to Barnard Hughes
  • [Waiting for Poppa] (play)
  • Letter to Sarah McGraff
  • [Waiting for Poppa] (play)
  • Letter to Hal (Holbrook?)
  • [Waiting for Poppa] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 76/3 [67] "Notes and Rewrites During Rehearsal N.Y.," undated
Contents:
  • Going Home (play); script, lyrics for song on Mrs. Semple, notes from first dress rehearsal and first preview
  • Going Home; "Settling Accounts" rewrites, March 30
  • Going Home (play); script and notes
  • The Butler (play)
  • The Woman in the Tub (play)
BOX-FOLDER 76/4 [68] "Female 'Odd Couple' T.V. pilot / 'Proposals' / 'Rewrites,'" 1995-1996
Note: Rewrites material not found
Contents:
  • Another Odd Couple (television program); pilot; female version, 1995
  • Proposals (play), 1996
BOX-FOLDER 76/5 [69] "Odd Couple (female version), Biloxi Blues, and Man of the Year speech," undated
Contents:
  • The Odd Couple (play); female version
  • [List of obscure questions and answers]
  • Biloxi Blues (play); one page detached
  • Myasthenia Gravis, man of the year speech
BOX-FOLDER 76/6 [70] "The Odd Couple (female version) and Brighton Beach Memoirs (Screenplay)," undated
Contents:
  • The Odd Couple (play); female version
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 76/7 [71] "? Odd Couple II / Pot Pourri (a little of everything)," undated
Contents:
  • [Proposals] (play); cuts and rewrites
  • [Run for Your Money] (motion picture)
  • [Proposals] (play)
  • [Odd Couple II][?] (motion picture); scene in which Oscar appears as a ghost to Felix
  • Note: "Being on television interviews is reducing your art to engaging in conversations you have absolutely no interest in."
BOX-FOLDER 76/8 [72] "Film 'The Odd Couple II' rewrites," undated
Contents:
  • The Odd Couple II (motion picture); rewrites
  • Run for Your Money (motion picture)
  • The Odd Couple II (motion picture)
  • Everybody Wants Josie (motion picture)
  • Proposals (play)
  • [The Play Goes On] "Settling In" chapter
  • The Play Goes On "Introduction"
BOX-FOLDER 76/9 [73] "'Only Ten Seconds Away' TV-Half Hour / 'Run for Your Money' cont'd pages," 1998 February
Contents:
  • Only Ten Seconds Away (television program); crossed out title "The Last Ten Seconds"
  • Run for Your Money (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 77/1 [74] "'Oscar & Felix' / 'Rose & Walsh,'" 2002 and undated
Contents:
  • Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple; notes from the Geffen Theatre, 2002
  • Rose and Walsh (play)
  • Letter to Gerry Hemmerling concerning royalty disbursement for Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple and Rose and Walsh
  • Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple; notes
  • Untitled motion picture; characters are Neal and Joan
  • Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple (play)
  • [Sweet Charity] (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 77/2 [75] "'The Play Goes On' / 'Only Ten Seconds to Go,'" undated
Contents:
  • The Play Goes On memoir
  • Only Ten Seconds to Go (motion picture)
  • The Play Goes On memoir
BOX-FOLDER 77/3 [76] "Proposals," 1991 Spring
Contents:
  • Proposals (play); third draft; alternate title "MidSummer Madness" appears
  • The Goodbye Girl (musical)
  • Lady Killer (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 77/4 [77] "'Proposals' A New Play," 1995-1996
Contents:
  • Proposals (play), 1995
  • [The Goodbye Girl] (musical)
  • [Rose and Walsh] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 77/5 [78] "'Proposals' 6th draft / 'The Odd Couple III,'" 1996 and undated
Contents:
  • Proposals (play); sixth draft, 1996 September
  • Run for Your Money (motion picture)
  • The Odd Couple III (motion picture); pages are intermixed with pages for "Run for Your Money"
  • [Little Me] (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 77/6 [79] "'Proposals' 4th draft-2nd Act also 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor,'" 1997 and undated
Note: Script for Proposals not present in the notebook
Contents:
  • Laughter on the 23rd Floor (motion picture), 1997 January
  • The Goodbye Girl (musical)
BOX-FOLDER 77/7 [80] "'Proposals' / Notes in rehearsal," undated
Contents:
  • Untitled memoir; [1] page
  • Proposals (play), notes from rehearsal and script
  • Cut from the Show (play)
  • Wedding speech
  • List of character names possibly for "45 Seconds from Broadway"
  • [We Must Talk; Conversations; Matinee Idles]
  • Proposals (play)
BOX-FOLDER 77/8 [81] "Neil & David Esbjornson meeting Rewrites," 2005 and undated
Contents:
  • "David + Neil 1st meeting 'Rewrites'"; notes on the play; meeting with director David Esbjornson, 2005 June 28
  • Untitled play; relates to The Sunshine Boys; may be for a sequel; two pages are detached
BOX-FOLDER 78/1 [82] "'Rewrites,'" undated
Contents:
  • Rewrites "The Christmas Child" chapter
  • London Suite "Settling Accounts" (play)
  • Rewrites memoir
  • London Suite "Going Home" (play)
  • "New Dramatists" speech
  • "Speech – New Dramatists Life Achievement"
BOX-FOLDER 78/2 [83] "'Rewrites' / 'Sunshine Boys' TV / 'Barefoot' TV," undated
Contents:
  • Rewrites "Getting to Know Me" chapter
  • The Sunshine Boys (television movie)
  • Barefoot in the Park (television movie)
BOX-FOLDER 78/3 [84] "'Rewrites' The Play," undated
Contents:
  • Rewrites (play)
  • [The Dinner Party] (play)
  • Unidentified dialogue without character names
  • "Closed End," dialogue without character names
BOX-FOLDER 78/4 [85] "'Rewrites,'" undated
Contents:
  • Rewrites memoir
  • London Suite (play)
  • Rewrites memoir
  • Proposals (play)
BOX-FOLDER 78/5 [86] "'Rewrites' (Film Script)," undated
Contents:
  • Rewrites (motion picture)
  • Waiting for Poppa (motion picture)
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue (play); possibly rewrites for a revival
BOX-FOLDER 78/6 [87] "'Rose and Walsh' and 'Separate Beds' T.V. pilot," 2002 and undated
Contents:
  • [Sweet Charity] (musical), 2002 December 10
  • Rose and Walsh (play)
  • Separate Beds (television program); pilot
BOX-FOLDER 78/7 [88] "Rumors (1st & 2nd draft, Spring '88) and Jake's Women (new ending, 2/15/88)," 1988
Contents:
  • Rumors (play); first and second draft, 1988 Spring
  • Jake's Women (play), 1988 February 15
BOX-FOLDER 78/8 [89] "Rumors and Ahmanson Theatre Tribute Speech," 1988 and undated
Contents:
  • Rumors (play)
  • Ahmanson Theatre tribute speech, 1988 September 9
  • Rumors (play)
BOX-FOLDER 78/9 [90] "Unknown play, Rumors, and Proposals (screenplay)," undated
Contents:
  • Unidentified play; characters listed are Arnold Perry, Will Breedier [?], Phil Feld
  • Rumors (play)
  • List of actors for unidentified production
  • Proposals (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 79/1 [91] "The Shakespeare Murders (play), The Suitcase (notes), and Jake's Women," undated
Contents:
  • The Shakespeare Murders (play); first draft
  • The Suitcase (motion picture); notes only
  • Jake's Women (play)
BOX-FOLDER 79/2 [92] "The Slugger's Wife and The Hampton Boys," undated
Contents:
  • The Slugger's Wife (motion picture)
  • The Hampton Boys (play); crossed out title "June, July and August"
  • Unidentified play
BOX-FOLDER 79/3 [93] "Speech for Joe Papp Tribute to Neil Simon and Rumors," undated
Contents:
  • "Speech for Joe Papp Tribute to N. Simon at Schubert [sic] Theater"
  • Rumors (play)
BOX-FOLDER 79/4 [94] "Sunshines Again," undated
Contents:
  • [The Sunshines Again] (play)
  • [Waiting for Poppa] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 79/5 [95] "'Sunshine Boys' TV version 1994," 1994 and undated
Contents:
  • The Sunshine Boys (television movie); 1994 Fall
  • [London Suite] "Diane and Sidney" (play)
  • [London Suite] "Settling Accounts" (play)
  • The Crack-Up Hotel (play); may be related to "202 and 204"
  • List of possible show titles most crossed out: Barney, Pals, Buddies, Fathers-in-Law, Trip, Once We Were Pals, Journey, A Couple of Swells, Two Lost Souls, Lost and Loster, You’re Driving Me Crazy
  • Untitled play; character names suggest a relation to "Proposals," "The Puzzles in My Mind," "Everybody Wants Josie," or "Harry’s Bride"
BOX-FOLDER 79/6 [96] "'Sweet Charity' / 'Under the Hollywood Sign,'" 2002
Contents:
  • Sweet Charity (musical)
  • Rose and Walsh (play)
  • Under the Hollywood Sign (play)
BOX-FOLDER 79/7 [97] "'They're Playing Our Song' / 'I Ought to Be In Pictures,'" 1978-1979 and undated
Contents:
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical); rewrites, Bridgehampton, N.Y., 1978 August
  • Bungalow (play)
  • The Curse of Kulyenchikov (play); one page only of Act I, Scene 2 scene description
  • Laurel Award speech
  • I Ought to Be in Pictures (play)
  • Introduction to The Plays of Neil Simon, Volume 2: "As Time Flies By," 1979 June 3
  • I Ought to Be in Pictures (play)
  • [Seems Like Old Times] (motion picture)
  • The Curse of Kulyenchikov (play)
  • I Ought to Be in Pictures (play)
BOX-FOLDER 79/8 [98] "They're Playing Our Song, On the Trail of the Cheap Detective, and The Goodbye Girl," undated
Contents:
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical)
  • On the Trail of the Cheap Detective; [2] pages
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical)
  • The Goodbye Girl; [1] page
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical); [1] page
  • Notes with Joan Simon; [1] page
  • They're Playing Our Song (musical); [1] page
BOX-FOLDER 80/1 [99] "'We Must Talk' / 'Rewrites' (the play)," undated
Contents:
  • We Must Talk: Conversations (play)
  • Rewrites (play)
  • The Dinner Party (play)
  • Rewrites (play)
BOX-FOLDER 80/2 [100] "The White Box, Crazy in Love, and The Slugger's Wife," 1982 and undated
Contents:
  • The White Box, started 1982 April 3
  • Crazy in Love (motion picture)
  • [The Lonely Guy] [?] (motion picture)
  • The Slugger's Wife (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 80/3 [101] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • [202 and 204] (play)
  • The Boys Apartment (play); possibly a sequel to Broadway Bound
  • [Barefoot in the Park] (motion picture)
  • "What Is He Really Like?" speech
BOX-FOLDER 80/4 [102] Untitled notebook, 2008 and undated
Contents:
  • Biloxi Blues (play)
  • Untitled play; attached note suggests it could be a take on Waiting for Poppa
  • Untitled play
  • Untitled play; one page detached
  • Waiting for Poppa (play); first draft, title page only, 2008
BOX-FOLDER 80/5 [103] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • The Boys from Barcelona (television program)
  • [Rose and Walsh] (play)
  • "My Man," "My Way," "Her Way" (lyrics)
  • [Jake's Women] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 80/6 [104] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • Unidentified screenplay; may relate to Bogart Slept Here
  • California Suite "Visitor From Philadelphia" (play)
  • California Suite "Visitor From Manhattan" (play)
  • Unidentified screenplay; may relate to Bogart Slept Here
  • [a page of the name "Joan" and "Joanie"]
  • California Suite "Visitors From Chicago" (play)
  • [Murder By Death] (screenplay)
  • Love Is Not for People (motion picture)
  • Unidentified motion picture; may relate to Bogart Slept Here
BOX-FOLDER 80/7 [105] Untitled notebook, 1977 and undated
Contents:
  • [Chapter Two] (play)
  • [California Suite] (motion picture)
  • Reaction to Edythe M. McGovern’s book, Neil Simon: A Critical Study
  • Someone’s Living in My House (motion picture); became Seems Like Old Times
  • "Guardian of Israel," tribute to Jack Albertson, 1977 November 16
  • Tribute to the critic, John Barbour and Los Angeles
  • Someone’s Living in My House (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 81/1 [106] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • The Cheap Detective (motion picture)
  • The Goodbye Girl (motion picture)
  • Chapter Two (play); page designations include Scene 8, Scene 9, I-1054
  • [Chapter Two] / George Feiffer (play); includes a list of casting ideas
  • Unidentified motion picture
BOX-FOLDER 81/2 [107] Untitled notebook, 1979 and undated
Contents:
  • The Curse of Kulyenchikov/Fools (play)
  • [Only When I Laugh] (motion picture)
  • The Curse of Kulyenchikov/Fools (play)
  • The Late Great Me (motion picture), 1979 November
  • [I Ought to Be in Pictures] (play); a corner of one page has been torn out
  • [Only When I Laugh] (motion picture)
  • Pacific Styles (motion picture); other title considered "The House on Melrose"; related to Bungalow
  • [Only When I Laugh] (motion picture)
  • [Max Dugan Returns] (motion picture)
  • The Curse of Kulyenchikov/Fools (play)
BOX-FOLDER 81/3 [108] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • A Gentle Murder (play); first draft; related to The Shakespeare Murders
  • Fools (television program); "A Comedy For Television/2nd Episode"
  • A Gentle Murder (play)
  • Rumors (play)
  • The Suitcase (motion picture); synopsis/outline
BOX-FOLDER 81/4 [109] Untitled notebook, 1994 and undated
Contents:
  • [Going Home] (play)
  • William "Bill" A. Henry, III letter to be read at memorial service, circa 1994 July
  • Jason Alexander birthday message
BOX-FOLDER 81/5 [110] Untitled notebook, 1992 and undated
Contents:
  • [The Goodbye Girl] (musical); includes a lyric sketch
  • [Laughter on the 23rd Floor] (play)
  • Lost in Yonkers (motion picture); rewrites of film after reading on Sunday, July 12th
  • The Goodbye Girl (musical); rewrites, Hump scene, 1992 November 25
  • [Laughter on the 23rd Floor] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 81/6 [111] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • Untitled motion picture; on first page is written: "Miscellaneous attempts at plays. N. S."; and there is a crossed-out title that may be, "Mrs. And Mrs. Ex"
  • Untitled motion picture; Actors and Actresses is mentioned, but character names do not match
  • The Goodbye Girl (motion picture)
BOX-FOLDER 81/7 [112] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • [Heaven on Earth] (motion picture)
  • [Lost in Yonkers] (play)
BOX-FOLDER 81/8 [113] Untitled notebook, undated
Contents:
  • The Hot Potato; character descriptions and synopsis, crossed-out tile "Champ"
  • Untitled ideas and synopses for three plays, one crossed-out idea regards gay marriage
  • Harry Go Home (play); crossed-out title "Cottage on Sparta"
  • Untitled motion picture; characters are Judy and Mike
  • Untitled play; may relate to I Ought to Be in Pictures, characters are Steffy and Harry
  • [California Suite] "Visitor from Philadelphia" (play)
  • Untitled synopses/ideas for two plays; one idea may relate to "California Suite"
  • [California Suite] "Visitor from Philadelphia" (play)
  • Paul (motion picture); crossed-out title "I.V.P."
  • Room Change (play)
  • [California Suite] "Visitor from London" (play)
  • Mike (play)
  • [Murder by Death] (motion picture)
  • California Suite "Visitors from Chicago" (play)
  • [Murder by Death] (motion picture)
  • [California Suite] (play)
  • Dialogue between Norman Lear and Neil Simon
  • [The Goodbye Girl] synopsis
BOX-FOLDER 82/1 [114] Untitled notebook, 1987 and undated
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