The Sisters Rosensweig (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wendy Wasserstein
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Play
- 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 Sisters Rosensweig is something of a departure from Wasserstein's earlier dramas. The play takes place in one locale during a single weekend in 1991, at a time when the Soviet Union is dissolving. The action is more limited than in Wasserstein's earlier work; the play, though, is still a series of mixed-up encounters that are held together less by a tight plot than by a series of counterbalancing interactions.
The play follows the structure of Chekhov's famous play Tri sestry (1901; Three Sisters, 1920). Like Chekhov's play, it begins with the birthday...
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