The Sisters Rosensweig (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendy Wasserstein
- First Published: 1993
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Twentieth century, England or English people, Jews or Jewish life, Sisters, Women, 1990’s, Soviet Union or Soviets
The Work
The Sisters Rosensweig, a play intended to echo Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s Tri sestry (1901, revised, 1904; The Three Sisters, 1920), is set in August of 1991 as the Soviet Union is dissolving. To celebrate Sara Goode’s birthday, her two sisters, Pfeni Rosensweig and “Dr.” Gorgeous Teitelbaum, come to England. Also invited are Sara’s teenage daughter, Tessie; Pfeni’s lover, the bisexual play director, Geoffrey Duncan; Sara’s aristocratic lover, Nicholas Pymn; and Tessie’s working-class Catholic boyfriend, Tom.
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