Rose's Dilemma
by Neil Simon

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Highlights

120 mins Present Day Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

In her beach house in the Hamptons, celebrated writer Rose Stern stands at a crossroads: she hasn't written anything in years and money is getting short.

Her former lover, literary lion Walsh McLaren, offers her-from beyond the grave-an opportunity to regain her celebrity and gross millions.

It's not going to be easy and a "ghost" writer is required setting in motion another touching and unpredictable romantic theatrical by America's premier Pulitzer Prize-winning comic playwright.

Press Reviews

"Mr. Simon is still producing a brand of comedy that takes the sting out of mortal fears."

— The New York Times

Characters

Character
Arlene

Rose's daughter and her assistant

Walsh

Rose's former lover, a ghost

Clancy

an aspiring young novelist

Rose

a struggling writer

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Rose's Dilemma Trailer - English Theatre of Hamburg

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573602627
ISBN-10 057360262X

Rose's Dilemma is a comedy play written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French .

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