Savoy Theatre, London, until 31st March
If only modern playwrights were more like Neil Simon. The late great American dramatist, who died in 2018, at the grand old age of 91, was a master craftsman – a peerless writer of well-made plays about flawed yet sympathetic characters.
Simon’s plots are entirely plausible, his dialogue is utterly believable – and yet his dramas are far funnier than real life. He finds humour in every human situation., has all these qualities, in spades.
