Product Description

Chapter Two is based on the author’s second marriage, which began in the wake of his first wife’s death from cancer. Comedy and pathos intermingle in this incisive portrait of a widowed New York novelist who fears he will never love again until a grudging five-minute meeting with a recent divorcee blooms into a passionate romance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #823800 in Books
• Published on: 1996-01-18
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Review
Here [is a] superbly cast Neil Simon production that offers the listener a true "theatre of the mind" experience what is as memorable as they are entertaining. -- Reviewer's Bookwatch, December 2000

The combination of Simon's writing, House's direction and Gless' acting was so witty, intelligent and convincing that it makes for compelling listening. -- The London Independent, February 1, 1998

Customer Reviews

Not one of the best from LA Theater (mild spoilers inside)
The love story of man who has not recovered yet from the death of his most beloved wife and a woman just recovering from a failed marriage. The first part of the play is fairly amusing and the witticisms of the main male character's brother provide funny intermissions throughout the play. However, I found the second part not very well thought out, and overall I found this to be a fairly forgettable play. Acting is good, even if LA Theater has done much better things, I believe. But the way the two lovers suddenly change after marriage is not credible at all. It all seemed concocted to lead to a love-hate-love again structure that could have made sense in this play, but not in such a rush format. But then, maybe I don't like Neil Simon's plays much.

This play touched me in a very special way.
This play is a very special play to me. I did a monologue of Jenny's for a class project and it really made me feel something. This is the first and only Neil Simon play that I've read and I can't wait to read more of his works. This is an emotional play that speaks from the heart and makes you realize that life is worth living. For anyone who is a big Neil Simon fan, read this book and I guarantee you will enjoy it.