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Odd Couple, The

  • Neil Simon
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 1960s
  • 6M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573613319

"His skill is not only great but constantly growing...There is scarcely a moment that is not hilarious."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 1965 Tony Award for Best Author of a Play
    Nominee! 1965 Tony Award for Best Play
This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. 

Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
REVIEWS:

"His skill is not only great but constantly growing... There is scarcely a moment that is not hilarious."

 The New York Times

"Fresh, richly hilarious and remarkably original. Wildly, irresistibly, incredibly and continuously funny."

The New York Post

Premiere Production: The Odd Couple was first presented on Broadway by Saint Subber at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City on March 10, 1965. It was directed by Mike Nichols.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 2F

  • OSCAR MADISON
    FELIX UNGAR
    GWENDOLYN PIGEON
    CECILY PIGEON
    SPEED
    MURRAY
    ROY
    VINNIE

    • Available Material

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    Odd Couple, The Script Order Now

    This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assembled for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it's no wonder that his wife left him. 

    Late to arrive is Felix Unger who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean-freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.

    "[Simon's] skill is not only great but constantly growing...There is scarcely a moment that is not hilarious." - The New York Times

    "Fresh, richly hilarious and remarkably original. Wildly, irresistibly, incredibly and continuously funny." - New York Daily Times

    The Odd Couple was first presented on Broadway by Saint Subber at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City on March 10, 1965. It was directed by Mike Nichols.

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