A hilarious play rife with non-sequiturs that takes a scalpel to the double standards of the class system.

Director: Hew Parham

Writer: Neil Simon

Cast: Emily McMahon, Andrew Pantelis, Eddie Morrison, Kyle Kaczmarczyk, Lucy Kaczmarczyk

Adelaide performing artist Emily McMahon, together with Accidental Productions, presents Neil Simon's The good doctor.

In a series of hilarious scenes rife with non-sequiturs - combining the social realism of Anton Chekhov, the wit of Neil Simon and the surprising resources of one room - this young and exciting company will illuminate a rather skewed and humorous portrait of the world of Chekhov.

A sly seducer goes to work on romancing a wedded woman. A man offering to drown himself for three roubles defends his performance as "a rich tableau filled with social implications". A not-so-defenceless creature demands a bank manager return her husband's rightful wages. A working class man keen on improving his social situation sneezes on the back of his employer's head during a night at the opera. A son protests as his father takes him in search of a "low-moraled woman" to turn the boy into a man.

A graduate of TAFE SA's Adelaide College of the Arts, Emily McMahon peformed a series of short excerpts from The good doctor as part of the 2009 Adelaide Fringe UpstART program. More than one year on, Emily and Accidental Productions are gearing up for a full-length version of the Neil Simon smash.

"I am thrilled to be working with a script that is sharp and clever, characters that are ridiculously fun, a director that encourages the madness, and a cast that have pitch-perfect comic timing. The fun and laughter will be infectious (pun definitely intended!)," says Emily.

Neil Simon's alterations of Anton Chekhov's classics are linked together in an enthralling comedy sensation that has taken Broadway by storm. With the wit of Simon, an energetic cast of comedic performers and a vast selection of entertaining characters, The good doctor takes a light-hearted scalpel to the double standards of the class system and the often dubious classification of "high art".