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Article: `DOCTOR' IS NEIL SIMON MEETS ANTON CHEKHOV: PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD.(Entertainment)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- April 24, 1996
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``The Good Doctor,'' playing at Center Stage on Mercer Island, is not what you might expect from Anton Chekhov - which is too bad. And it's not what you might expect from Neil Simon - which is all to the good.
Chekhov (1860-1904) was Russia's theatrical master of subtle characterization. His work is suffused with irony tempered by compassion.
Simon is contemporary America's most prolific and most produced playwright. He is also the richest playwright in the history of civilization. In most of Simon's work, ranging from ``Come Blow Your Horn'' in 1961 to ``London Suite,'' which premiered at the Seattle Repertory Theatre last season, Simon is the master ...