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    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Prisoner of Second Avenue

    Written by Neil Simon

    Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason and Full Cast

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    About this audiobook

    Neil Simon takes a good look at apartment life, career and role reversals, a nervous breakdown, and the love, torture, care, or inertia that somehow keeps a couple in a relationship for many years. At points, it's laugh-out-loud funny; at other times, it offers sensitive insight into the human condition. Fast-moving dialog with nonstop Simon quips and jokes performed extremely well by two fine actors: who could ask for more? This is classic American comedy produced, acted, recorded, and packaged in an exemplary manner.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Annie Abbott, Lorin Dreyfuss, Richard Dreyfuss, Betty Garrett, Sharon Madden and Marsha Mason.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2000
    ISBN9781580815017
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    Author

    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.

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    • 2/5
      I would have liked it better if they really did break away from their "prison." They are destined to relive their scenario over and over and over unless they break out. Not a very satisfactory play.