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| published: Random House, 1974 |
premiered: Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1973 |
| The Good Doctor, of course, is not
a play at all. There are sketches, vaudeville scenes, if you will, written with my
non-consenting collaborator, Anton Chekhov. Not the Chekhov of The Sea Gull and The
Three Sisters, but the young man who wrote humorous articles for the newspapers to pay
his way through medical school. It was a pastiche for me, an enjoyable interlude before
getting on to bigger things. It was, to digress for a moment, a joyous experience for me.
I met my wife doing this one. Some of the scenes worked; others didn't. The marriage, I'm
glad to say, did. NEIL SIMON
Los Angeles, Nov. 7th, 1977
(McGovern, 1979) |
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| Review
from The Michigan Daily, Tyler Patterson |
(front: Frances Sternhagen, Barnard Hughes; back:
Christopher Plummer, Marsha Mason, Rene Auberjonois)
(photo-Joseph Abeles Studios) |
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