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It consists of a series of short plays, based on short stories and other works of Russian writer <a href="/wiki/Anton_Chekhov" title="Anton Chekhov">Anton Chekhov</a>, framed by a writer making comments on them. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Productions">Productions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Good_Doctor_(play)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Productions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Good Doctor</i> opened on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Theatre" title="Eugene O'Neill Theatre">Eugene O'Neill Theatre</a> on November 27, 1973, and closed on May 25, 1974, after 208 performances and eight <a href="/wiki/Preview_(theatre)" title="Preview (theatre)">previews</a>. Produced by <a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Azenberg" title="Emanuel Azenberg">Emanuel Azenberg</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/A.J._Antoon" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Antoon">A.J. Antoon</a>, it starred <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="René Auberjonois (actor)">René Auberjonois</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnard_Hughes" title="Barnard Hughes">Barnard Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Mason" title="Marsha Mason">Marsha Mason</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Plummer" title="Christopher Plummer">Christopher Plummer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frances_Sternhagen" title="Frances Sternhagen">Frances Sternhagen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clive_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clive-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frances Sternhagen won the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actress_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play">Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the play received three additional Tony Award nominations: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Best Original Score</a> (<a href="/wiki/Peter_Link" title="Peter Link">Peter Link</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Featured_Actor_in_a_Play" title="Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play">Best Featured Actor in a Play</a> (René Auberjonois), and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Lighting_Design" title="Tony Award for Best Lighting Design">Best Lighting Design</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tharon_Musser" title="Tharon Musser">Tharon Musser</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Clive_Barnes" title="Clive Barnes">Clive Barnes</a> wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> that "There is much fun here-or at least here and there. It is, however, too anecdotal, with most stories closing with the dramatic ring of a punch-line. Mr. Simon's comic fancy is admirable."<sup id="cite_ref-clive_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clive-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Simon met his second wife, Marsha Mason during auditions for this play.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A revival was produced by The Melting Pot Theater, at the Theater of the Riverside Church, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, from February 1998 through March 1, 1998, with <a href="/wiki/Andre_De_Shields" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre De Shields">Andre De Shields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Connell" title="Jane Connell">Jane Connell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Connell_(actor)" title="Gordon Connell (actor)">Gordon Connell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A television movie was made based on the play, with <a href="/wiki/Edward_Asner" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Asner">Edward Asner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Chamberlain" title="Richard Chamberlain">Richard Chamberlain</a>, and Marsha Mason. It premiered on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Performances" title="Great Performances">Great Performances</a></i> on November 8, 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewer John O'Connor wrote, "Mr. Simon also includes a special piece for his wife, Marsha Mason, in which the appealing actress gets to play each of <i>The Three Sisters</i> ... . A press release notes that it is difficult to tell where Chekov stops and Simon begins. That's part of the problem ... . The result falls awkwardly between gentle Chekhovian satire and clever Simon wisecracks. Neither writer is served to advantage."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_overview">Plot overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Good_Doctor_(play)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An unnamed writer (obviously meant to represent Chekhov himself) suffers from writer's block and his own artistic temperament as he narrates to the audience several of his stories: </p> <ul><li>"The Sneeze" (based on "<a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_a_Government_Clerk" title="The Death of a Government Clerk">The Death of a Government Clerk</a>") - A government clerk over-apologizes and has a nervous breakdown after accidentally sneezing on a general during a night out at the opera.</li> <li>"The Governess" (based on "<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Nincompoop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Nincompoop (page does not exist)">The Nincompoop</a>") - A mother attempts to cheat her children's governess out of her pay by making up offenses and damages for which the governess must "compensate" but then tells her it was a test to see if she would stand up for herself, she did not.</li> <li>"Surgery" (based on the <a href="/wiki/Surgery_(short_story)" title="Surgery (short story)">eponymous title</a>) - A sexton visits the dentist complaining of a toothache, but the dentist's zeal for his profession begins to frighten his patient.</li> <li>"Too Late for Happiness" - An older man and woman contemplate making time for each other in song.</li> <li>"The Seduction" - A renowned seducer of married women sets his sights on his best friend's wife, using his friend as an unwitting accomplice in the ploy.</li> <li>"The Drowned Man" - An entrepreneurial tramp pretends to drown himself to make money, calling what he does "maritime entertainment".</li> <li>"The Audition" - An actress who walked four days from Odessa to Moscow to audition for the Writer's next play uses most of her audition time to gush over the Writer.</li> <li>"A Defenseless Creature" - A woman with a nervous disorder harasses an ill banker to extort money for her injured husband.</li> <li>"The Arrangement" - In flashback, the Writer's father takes his shy 19-year-old son to a brothel to make him a man.</li> <li>"A Quiet War" (optional scene) - Two retired military commanders meet in the park to debate what makes the perfect five-course lunch.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Good_Doctor_(play)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-clive-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-clive_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-clive_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Barnes, Clive. "Review:The Good Doctor", <i>The New York Times</i> November 28, 1973, p. 36</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Weisman, Steven R. "'River Niger' and 'Raisin' Win Tonys", <i>The New York Times</i>, April 22, 1974, p. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Calta, Louis. "'Raisin' (9) Leads Tony Nominee List", <i>The New York Times</i>, March 28, 1974, p. 31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Simon, Neil. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=z6suclolIq4C&dq=%22Neil+Simon%22+%22The+Good+Doctor%22+Mason&pg=PT67">Chapters 8-9</a> <i>The Play Goes On: A Memoir</i> (1999), (books.google.com), Simon and Schuster, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-684-84691-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-684-84691-8">0-684-84691-8</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gates, Anita. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9503E3D6163CF932A25751C0A96E958260">"Theater Review; Neil Simon in Chekhov's Orchard</a> <i>The New York Times</i>, February 11, 1998</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189562/"><i>The Good Doctor</i></a> IMDB</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">O'Connor, John J. "TV: 'Cry' or Laugh With Simon", <i>The New York Times</i>, November 8, 1978, p. C26</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/2790/the-good-doctor">Synopsis from Samuel French</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Good_Doctor_(play)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3661">Internet Broadway Database listing</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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title="Barefoot in the Park (film)">Barefoot in the Park</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)" title="The Odd Couple (film)">The Odd Couple</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Out-of-Towners_(1970_film)" title="The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)">The Out-of-Towners</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plaza_Suite_(film)" title="Plaza Suite (film)">Plaza Suite</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Red_Hot_Lovers_(film)" title="Last of the Red Hot Lovers (film)">Last of the Red Hot Lovers</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heartbreak_Kid_(1972_film)" title="The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)">The Heartbreak Kid</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Second_Avenue" title="The Prisoner of Second Avenue">The Prisoner of Second Avenue</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunshine_Boys_(1975_film)" title="The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)">The Sunshine Boys</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a 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