The Good Doctor opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on November 27, 1973, and closed on May 25, 1974, after 208 performances and eight previews.
Antoon, it starred René Auberjonois, Barnard Hughes, Marsha Mason, Christopher Plummer, and Frances Sternhagen.
[5] A television movie was made based on the play, with Edward Asner, Richard Chamberlain, and Marsha Mason.
[6] Reviewer John O'Connor wrote, "Mr. Simon also includes a special piece for his wife, Marsha Mason, in which the appealing actress gets to play each of The Three Sisters ... .
The result falls awkwardly between gentle Chekhovian satire and clever Simon wisecracks.