Three Sisters (Friel)
Brian Friel
Three Sisters (Ruhl)
by Sarah Ruhl
Highlights
120 mins 1900-1910 Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Interior Set Period Costumes
Synopsis
Transplanted from their beloved Moscow to a provincial Russian town, three sisters – school teacher Olga, unhappily married Masha and idealistic Irina – yearn for the city of their childhood, where they imagine their lives will be transformed and fulfilled.
Three Sisters is the portrait of a family grappling with the bittersweet distance between reality and dreams.
Press Reviews
"Sarah Ruhl has a taste for and a way with the classics."
— The New York Times
"Sarah Ruhl's smart new translation... feels just right to contemporary American ears – lean, colloquial and conversation for us, and true to Chekhov's original."
— Cincinnati Enquirer
"Exhilirating! Ruhl doesn't call attention to herself here. Instead she lets the play breathe with a smiple, unmannered approach to the drama that makes it seem shockingly contemporary... There's a naturalness to the way the drama unfolds, the ebb and flow of the emotional outbursts, that leaves you breathless."
— San Jose Mercury News
"Luminous!... A crisp, breezy new English version by Sarah Ruhl. Its fierce beauty suffuses every moment and reaches for immortality."
— San Francisco Chronicle
"Three Sisters reminds us that few writers have ever seen into the human soul with more acuity and understanding than Chekhov."
— Boston.com
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Masha |
| Irina |
| Andrei Their brother |
| Natasha His wife |
| Kulygin Masha’s husband |
| Vershinin A colonel |
| Solyony A staff captain |
| Chebutykin An army doctor |
| Tuzenbach A baron and lieutenant |
| Anfisa A nurse, 80 years old |
| Fedotik Second lieutenant |
| Rode Second lieutenant |
| Ferapont An old watchman |
| Olga |
Videos
Three Sisters (Ruhl) at Yale Rep
Publication
Three Sisters (Ruhl) is a play written by Sarah Ruhl and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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