Neil Simon's take on Chekhov to begin second run at Arizona Repertory Theatre

Translators have been used to bringing far away cultures and languages to audiences for hundreds of years. A good translator is marked by his accuracy, interpretation and use of both foreign and domestic styles.

Theatre is no exception.

"The Good Doctor," by Neil Simon, is a series of eight vignettes in two acts, based on the short stories of Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Subjects in the vignettes are arranged for the most part around the stories of Chekhov, though Simon takes certain liberties, placing Chekhov within several skits. One vignette involves Chekhov speaking out on writer's block and another details a woman auditioning for one of Chekhov's plays.