Barefoot in the Park Production History PRODUCTION HISTORY TH 105 (3 Pages 902 Words)

Barefoot in the Park by Marvin Neil Simon was written in 1963 and published by Random House in June 1964 (Tan ). Because of its popularity, it was also made into a screenplay in 1967 (Tan). Simon said that he started writing this play about his first wife, Joan (Wolfer & Nelson ). Joan and Simon, who were married in the summer of 1954, also had a rocky period as newlyweds as do the characters of Corie and Paul. For their honeymoon, Neil and Joan book passages on the French liner the Liberte in the economy class ( They were stuck...