The Odd Couple (play)

The Odd Couple
Walter Matthau and Art Carney in the 1965 production
Written by	Neil Simon
Date premiered	1965
Place premiered	United States
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	An apartment on Riverside Drive, New York City.

The Odd Couple is a play by Neil Simon. Following its premiere on Broadway in 1965, the characters were revived in a successful 1968 film and 1970s television series, as well as several other derivative works and spin-offs. The plot concerns two mismatched roommates: the neat, uptight Felix Ungar and the slovenly, easygoing Oscar Madison. Simon adapted the play in 1985 to feature a pair of female roommates (Florence Ungar and Olive Madison) in The Female Odd Couple. An updated version of the 1965 show appeared in 2002 with the title Oscar and Felix: A New Look at the Odd Couple.