| The Sunshine
Boys, dealing with old age and its inevitable crisis, may not be the most popular
subject for your average theater goer, but for me, it was the best work I had done to
date. Structurally it was sound, and its character delineation was accurate. I spent my
life growing up with these men. If they spoke in one-liners and punch lines instead of
conversation, it's because it was the only language they knew. Spend a few after noons
around the Friars Club, a hangout for aging comedians and a pencil, a pad, and a
discriminating ear will record for yot some of the funniest and saddest dialogue you ever
heard. A good play, The Sunshine Boys. NEIL
SIMON
Los Angeles, Nov. 7th, 1977
(McGovern, 1979) |
published: Random House, 1974 |
