How does Simon compare with other American playwrights such as Arthur Miller and Eugene ONeill?
I love all the great American tragic playwrights. Miller, ONeill, Williams fabulous. Simon isnt a tragedian though. His characters dont aspire to know God or seek to transform the world. Instead Simon deals with how ordinary people live their lives day to day. Enormous humour is found in the little battles we have trying to live with our fellow human beings as lovers, wives, husbands, colleagues and friends. What he does share with other writers is a real belief in the value of human nature. His characters are just as concerned about how they live their lives. Simon is one of the best playwrights for writing about how people really coexist with each other in marriages. No play ever beat BAREFOOT IN THE PARK for showing how a young couple embark upon the problems of living together or THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE for showing how a long-standing marriage faces the mid-life crisis. Wonderful! One other thing about Simon is that he absolutely has his own style, which is as distinct as tha
