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The Three Sisters“Three Sisters” takes place in and around the Prozorov family home outside an unnamed town in an unidentified province in Russia. It seems like many miles away from much excitement, and one of...
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The Three SistersQuestions of authorial intent usually revert to biographical comparisons, so in this instance (and in Uncle Vanya) we are tempted to find some kind of parallel to Chekhov's personal family. This...
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The Three SistersI was asked today "Why does an old stuffy play like this matter in today's society?" Discuss...Do...Anyone who asked you this question, using the word “stuffy” to describe it, is not an “informed reader.” In other words, the asker does not quite understand what literature is. First,...
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The Three SistersThis is an interesting question as it draws attention to the way in which Olga as a character can be viewed in so many different ways and how she has the ability to divide an audience. On the one...
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The Three SistersNo, the point of this Chekov play is that the daughters of a high-ranking officer in the Russian Army are stranded in a small unnamed outpost town in Russia, isolated geographically from the...
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The Three SistersOlga, the oldest sister, is usually played as a dried up spinster, a sort of “worst-case scenario” for Irina if she doesn’t get back to Moscow. A better character choice might as be the...
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The Three SistersThe father, now deceased, was an important military officer, probably a general, in this outlying town, far from Moscow. His house was a mansion, probably the biggest house in the small town,...
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The Three SistersThe kiss that I assume you are referring to is between Masha and Vershinin in Act IV. These characters have fallen in love with each other, even though they are both married to other people. In...
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The Three SistersIf you're looking for laugh out loud funny moments or jokes, then this sort of comedy is hard to find (most would argue not there at all) in The Three Sisters. Nor does the play fit the...
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The Three SistersThe play The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov is about the seeming meaninglessness of life's events and about the decay of Russia's privileged upper class. First performed in 1901, it followed...
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The Three SistersIrena is a refined and cultured young woman. She is quite unlike her two older sisters. Her character should be portrayed with lot of vibrant gustos and passionate dialogues. She is much ahead of...
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The Three SistersIt 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...
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The Three SistersAnother 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...
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The Three SistersAh, 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,...