Brighton Beach Memoirs By Neil Simon

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In Neil Simon's darkly funny memoir of his family in 1930's Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Eugene is preoccupied by his passion for the Yankees and his lust for his beautiful cousin, Nora. Eugene's comic growing pains contrast with the darker issues troubling his family: poverty, illness and the growing Nazi threat to relatives in Europe. Simon creates a Brooklyn full of memorable characters, humor, and truth. A BBC and KCRW co-production Recorded before a live audience at KCRW Studios, Santa Monica in June of 1993 Directed by Gordon House Max Casella as Morris Jerome Peter Michael Goetz as Jacob ‘Jack’ Jerome Valerie Harper as Kate Jerome Alexana Lambros as Laurie Morton Anna Sophie Loewenberg as Nora Morton Jonathan Silverman as Stanley Jerome Joyce Van Patten as Blanche Morton Sunday Play First broadcast: Sunday 13th Nov 1994, 19:30 on BBC Radio 3

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.