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Irena in Three Sisters

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:31:58 PST

Hi. Just wondering how do you approach a character of Irena? I'm playing this role and I just need opinions. (:

The actor had to approached the character, Anfisa in different possible...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:24:06 PST

The actor had to approached the character, Anfisa in different possible ways, different approaches from different directions. Firstly, the old governess is ageing very quickly after having living in the Prozorov family for thirty years, so she must have a lot of experience working under them. Her bodily movements might have been restricted as one grows old, their functions starts to degenerate so her social functions too might be different and...

In reply to #1: The Russian language contains no articles. So it's up...

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:31:28 PST

In reply to #1: The Russian language contains no articles. So it's up to the translator to determine the context and choose the appropriate article.

I am currently rehearsing to play Andrey in Three Sisters.And the word...

Fri, 30 May 2008 04:28:39 PST

I am currently rehearsing to play Andrey in Three Sisters.And the word of my Director is that the play is 'Three Sisters' as opposed the 'The Three Sisters' bacause although this family is used to tell this story, it is not about these specific sisters but an example of what my many families were going through at the time. Its a slice of the culture.

It is not any sort of nefarious intent nor is it a lack of research. ...

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 07:51:46 PST

It is not any sort of nefarious intent nor is it a lack of research. What you see as a problem here is simply a choice of the translators from Russian to English. Some translators prefer to use the article "the" while others stay truer to the original language by omitting the article. I do not speak Russian, so I will leave it to another to further explain the choices made as a translator makes his or her decisions.

Three Sisters or The Three Sisters?

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:47:27 PST

Why are essays that refer to Three Sisters as The Three Sisters posted here? Is that not a sign of a lack of research?

Another way to introduce this play would be to ask your students to...

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:01:33 PST

Another way to introduce this play would be to ask your students to write in their journals about a time they felt trapped and what their dream of escape was. For example, one student might write that she feels trapped living at home with her parents and longs for the freedom to have an apartment of her own. A more powerful way to give meaning to this exercise would be to encourage the students to use concrete authentic detail, perhaps...

Although I try not to recommend videos as a way to introduce novels (I...

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:20:04 PST

Although I try not to recommend videos as a way to introduce novels (I usually find that once students know there is a video, all hope of reading goes out the window), this video with members of New York's Actor's Studio, including Shelley Winters, Sandy Dennis, and Geraldine Page, is very interesting. Perhaps you could show them just a clip of it to get them interested. It was filmed in 1965, directed by Paul Bogart, and released by Hen's...

I'm looking for an interesting way to introduce my literature students...

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:04:51 PST

I'm looking for an interesting way to introduce my literature students to Chekhov's Three Sisters...any ideas?

Ah, good question. An actor would need to approach Anfisa from several...

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:01:36 PST

Ah, good question. An actor would need to approach Anfisa from several different directions. On the physical level, Anfisa is quite old. This would restrict her movements in a universal fashion, and would shape them in a culturally specific fashion. (It would be likely for her to use gestures that are out of date, just as an older gentleman might tip his hat, but a young man might be surprised by this.) On the social level, she is a servant,...

What would be an actors approach to Anfisa from Three Sisters by Anton...

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 02:37:27 PST

What would be an actors approach to Anfisa from Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov?