The Odd Couple
From: Friday, 20th September 2002
To: Saturday, 19 October 2002
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Synopsis
Divorced from his wife, Oscar consoles himself by living in the cheerful chaos his carefree nature thrives on. Into the midst of a smoke laden, beer sodden weekly poker session, comes Felix, newly separated from his wife and, so he says, suicidal. At Oscar's invitation Felix moves in and is soon finding comfort in performing all the domestic tasks, with the same thoroughness which lost him his wife in the first place. Anarchy ensues in this comedy classic of non-stop laughs as the two men try to come to terms with each other.
Our Review:
24 September 2002
Before you cry 'not another screen to stage adaptation', remember this: The Odd Couple was a Broadway play before Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau played the bickering flatmates on screen. Neil Simon's witty and sharp look at how a friendship is severely tested by cohabitation works better on stage anyhow.
Peter Polycarpou plays Oscar Madison - a fun-loving, hard-living New Yorker who leaves newspapers on the floor where they fall and feels at ease in a pig sty. He has a heart of gold, though, and would never see a friend out on the street. Not even fussy Felix Unger (Ben Keaton), who's has been thrown out of his house by his wife. Verging on hysterics, Felix appears on Oscar's doorstep forlorn, lost and heart broken. But how will these two chalk and cheese characters get on living under one roof?
The main thrill of this new production of Simon's comedy classic is that it both retains the slick style of the original and introduces some bright new tou...
Creative
Neil Simon (Author)
Library Theatre (Producer)
Roger Haines (Director)
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