Come Blow Your Horn was Neil Simon's first play, which premiered in the United States in 1961 and had a London production in 1962 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Prince of Wales Theatre is a theatre located on Coventry Street, London. ...

The play follows Alan and Buddy Baker, brothers who have decided to leave their family's waxed-fruit business and experience the good life. In the beginning of the play, Alan is a typical ladies' man, and his younger brother is a 21-year-old virgin. As the play progresses falls in love with Connie, one of the girls that he is sleeping with, and when she leaves his life, he falls apart. While Alan mourns the loss of Connie, Buddy becomes a ladies' man himself.

An offstage character in the play is Felix Ungar, later one of the protagonists of Simon's The Odd Couple. Unseen characters are a common device in drama. ... Felix Unger was one of the principal characters in Neil Simons play The Odd Couple. ... Walter Matthau and Art Carney in the 1965 Broadway production The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spinoffs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. ...

The play was made into a movie, with a screenplay by Norman Lear, starring Frank Sinatra as Alan, Lee J. Cobb as his father Harry, and Barbara Rush as Connie. Alan's conflict over whether to lead a carefree bachelor lifestyle, or to settle down with Connie, has been seen as reflecting the social tensions of the early 1960s. This article is about motion pictures. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Lee J. Cobb Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. ... Barbara Rush publicity photo for It Came from Outer Space Barbara Rush (born January 4, 1927 in Denver, Colorado) is an American stage, film, and television actress. ...

External links

• Come Blow Your Horn at The Internet Broadway Database
• Come Blow Your Horn at the Internet Movie Database