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After their father's death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei's gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial... Read Full Overview

"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."--Chicago Tribune

"I've seen over a dozen Three Sisters, but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard... Read Full Overview

Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the Prozorov family, the three sisters (Olga, Masha, and Irina) and their brother Andrei. They are... Read Full Overview

In this, his third adaptation of a Chekhov play, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Mamet offers a contemporary, highly accessible version of Chekhov's The Three Sisters. Working from a literal translation by Vlada Chernomordik, Mamet has rediscovered the characteristically... Read Full Overview

First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sisters probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha, and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. Their hopes for a life more suited to their cultivated tastes and sensibilities... Read Full Overview

Anton Chekhov's classic and beloved play following the lives of the Prozorov family, especially three sisters: Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova, Maria Sergeyevna Kulygina, and Irina Sergeyevna Prozorova. Living in a provincial Russian garrison town, the play follows the lives of the... Read Full Overview

The Prozorov sisters pine for Moscow. Culture and life brim in the city center while they live among the mundane of a crumbling army garrison after their father's death. Though living with their brother Andrey nothing keeps them back but their own misfortune decisions and... Read Full Overview

Drama / Characters: 9 male 6 female

Scenery 2 Interiors / 1 Exterior

This poignant story of three provincial sisters who long with all their hearts to go to Moscow is classic theatre which has featured many of the world's great actresses and actors in the roles of Olga Masha... Read Full Overview

Las tres hermanas. Ant n Ch jov. Rusia 1860 - 1904

Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation.

Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works cherished for their brilliant wit and insight into the human condition. In this stunning new translation of one of Chekhov's most popular and beloved plays, Laurence Senelick presents a fresh perspective on the master... Read Full Overview

THE STORY: Olga, Masha and Irina, army daughters, posted in a backwater, long to get to Moscow where, they imagine, their lives will be transformed and fulfilled. They fall in love, try to engage with the local people, remember happier times. It is

I don't know what it is I'm going to do but I'm going to do something. I'm going to be someone. I am I'm sick of just being me. I'm going to be someone else. Someone better. I'm going to make a difference. Three sisters, Orla, Marianne and Erin, dream of escaping their tedious... Read Full Overview

Three Sisters is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Bront sisters. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre. Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay... Read Full Overview

THE STORY: A subtle and revealing study of life in provincial Russia, the story of the play is familiar to all. What distinguishes this new version is the translator's unique responsiveness to Chekov's intentions and the care with which these inten

THE STORY: Trapped in a provincial Russian town after the death of their father, three sisters lament the passing of better times and long for the excitement of Moscow. One of them has married a local high school teacher; another has become a teach

You'd be hard put to find a better script to work with than this translation by Michael Frayn . . . It sticks rigorously to the inner thrust of the play while giving it a fresh, crisp clarity that makes it not just accessible but compelling to watch. The underlying tragedy... Read Full Overview