Nick Karman
TH 105
Prof. Lotsof
Apr 12, 2002
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Barefoot in the Park by Marvin Neil Simon was written in 1963 and published by Random House in June 1964 (Tan www.happening.com.sg/livehtml/features/0111barefoot.html). Because of its popularity, it was also made into a screenplay in 1967 (Tan).
Simon said that he started writing this play about his first wife, Joan (Wolfer & Nelson Nauvoo.byu.edu/TheArts/Theatre/studypackets/lesson23/Influence.html). Joan and Simon, who were married in the summer of 1954, also had a rocky period as newlyweds as do the characters of Cor…
