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by Neil Simon

Directed by Ray Newton

Saturday 18th – Saturday 25th September 1993 in the Auditorium

Brighton Beach Memoirs was a sell-out success when it played at the National Theatre a few years ago. The play is semi-autobiographical and tells the story of a week in the life of a second-generation Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937 as seen through the eyes of 16-year-old Eugene.

As one would expect from Neil Simon, all the characters and situations are drawn from life and the comedy is very much to the fore.