Description

This Broadway hit is a composite of Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov. 

In one sketch a feisty old woman storms a bank and upbraids the manager for his gout and lack of money. In another, a father takes his son to a house where he will be initiated into the mysteries of sex, only to relent at the last moment and leave the boy more perplexed than ever.

In another sketch, a crafty seducer goes to work on a wedded woman, only to realise that the woman has been in command from the first overture. Let us not forget the classic tale of a man who offers to drown himself for three rubles.

The stories are droll, the portraits affectionate, the humour infectious and the fun unending.

A great deal of warmth and humor in his retelling of these Chekhovian tales.” – Newhouse Newspapers

“There is much fun here. Mr. Simon’s comic fancy is admirable.” – The New York Times

The Good Doctor opened on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on November 27, 1973.”