THE INTERACTION OF THE THREE TRADITIONAL HUMOUR THEORIES IN NEIL SIMON’S BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

Humour/laughter is a human entity and activity. It takes place in almost all kinds of social interactions. Most us cannot help laughing at something funny our daily routines. Laughter the fundamental mode expression common to beings. From this perspective, Simon considered one most significant playwrights who uses laughter elements skilfully his works. He called “laugh machine". Marvin Neil (1927-2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter, television joke writer, popular successful dramatists commercially artistically history theatre. This paper aims explore how three traditional humour/laughter theories: The Superiority Theory, Incongruity Relief Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983). autobiographical play Simon’s masterpieces BB Trilogy. rich enough humour theories. deals with family’s survival struggle just before World War II during Great Depression. time hardships for millions people late 1930s. While Father makes decisions, passive-aggressive mother self-sacrificing manipulates sons. study adopts qualitative analysis research method incorporated into dramatic texts.