The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Neil Simon

1970

Act I

Mel:

I’m not having an anxiety attack. I’m a little tense.

Edna:

Why don’t you take a Valium?

Mel:

I took one.

Edna:

Then take another one.

Mel:

I took another one. They don’t work any more. [He sits down in a chair]

Edna:

Two Valiums? They have to work.

Mel:

They don’t work any more, I’m telling you. They’re supposed to calm you down, aren’t…

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Neil Simon

1927–2018

Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon was born in New York City. He served in the U.S. military during World War II and then wrote for radio and television. He wrote and produced numerous Broadway plays. Among Simon’s awards were the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award, the Golden Globe, the Writers Guild of America Award, and the 2006 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

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