The Odd Couple

Lemmon and Matthau at their comedic best

I IMAGINE that if the Almighty had decided to vouchsafe us a glimpse of heaven on earth, he would not have chosen a 1965 stage play as His vehicle, but there it is: The Odd Couple by Neil Simon,¹ spinning like a bright little orb in the history of American theatre. In 1968 it was made into a movie starring those darlings of American cinema Jack Lemmon² an…