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As one of North America’s leading playwrights, Neil Simon has definitely been instrumental to the world of theater. He has experienced a somewhat shaky personal life, but he has found that this only adds to the texture of his work. He began his career working on radio and television, and found that writing for stage was significantly different than his previous experiences writing. His first attempts at theater were rough, but it didn’t …

…future. Simon once said, "When writing a play, the whole time I am picturing in my mind Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller and all the people who are writing plays and thinking, I’m not in that class! How will I do this?" Well, it is clear he has completed such a feat. He has been dubbed the premier comedic playwright of modern North America, and there is no one more deserving of the title.