God's Favorite

God's Favorite

"God's Favorite" is a play by Neil Simon, loosely based on the Biblical Book of Job. [citebook|title=Neil Simon: A Casebook|first= Gary|last= Konas|year=1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis|id=ISBN 0815321325] It was published in 1974.

The setting of the play is a Long Island mansion, where dwells a pious, God-fearing tycoon named Joe Benjamin and his family: a long-suffering wife, Rose, a prodigal son, David, a pair of kooky twins, Ben and Sarah, and the maid and butler, Mady and Morris. One night a messenger from God, Sidney Lipton (with a big G on his sweatshirt) arrives, and, as in the biblical story, goes through all manner of temptations to get Joe Benjamin to renounce God. When he refuses, he is visited by all the afflictions imaginable. He stands firm and the messenger has to admit defeat.

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