By Neil Simon
June 2006
The PSC Community Theatre presented their first play – An adaptation ofÂ
The Good Doctor
June 2nd & 3rd 2006.Â
About the Play …. in the words of NEIL SIMON
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 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 to bigger things. It was a joyous experience for me. I met my wife doing this one. Some of the scenes worked; others didn’t. The marriage, I am glad to say, did.
Neil Simon
Images for both plays are provided compliments of George McRae & Wesley Dryden from the Point St. Charles web site.
I would like to share with you that I have always, ever since I was a child, always wanted to be a professional member of a theatre audience. (Garbage collector was my second choice.) As I am writing these words amidst the rehearsals for The Good Doctor show and contemplating final directing touches, I feel contentment that somehow I have been doing it all this time. I had great fun working with Point Ste. Charles Theatre who all have connections to this neighbourhood and who all enjoy humour and challenge that Neil Simon presented us with his play. I especially enjoyed watching actors discover their characters during rehearsals and inhabit the creative space called role-playing. Every rehearsal new drama unfolds in front of my eyes and the magic of theatre captivates me over and over. I am excited to share this magic with you during our shows. Come and watch and discover the joy of being a theatre audience. Looking forward to seeing you at the theatre.
I am the husband who unbeknownst to me is helping my friend Peter seduce my lovely wife, and then… I am a dedicated bank manager who trampled on by a defenseless creature!
I am a governess. My employer would describe me as a lowly, innocent,
self-effacing, and naïve governess, but the fact that she would nevertheless entrust me with the important task of educating her children says a lot about the way you should interpret that statement.
Peggie has the dubious honour of playing 3 characters and all three of them are driving someone crazy…. In the first the mistress is picking on the poor little governess but you are the judge who has the upper hand.
The defenseless creature if only we could all be so determined. The widow shares a love hate relationship with her friend sound familiar?
With a writer’s angst, I present you with a cast of characters who are charming, clever, and unforgettable. I invite you all to watch them come to life on stage ….But if you don’t agree, pass this way again…
Born in Italy, raised in Canada, Vittorio graduated from McGill in Film & Communications, with a minor in Drama &Theatre and ran The Players Theatre (now the William Shatner Theatre). Enjoys gourmet cooking and seducing married women.
