Three Sisters (Ruhl) | Concord Theatricals (original) (raw)
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- Cast Size
Cast Size
5w, 9m
- Duration
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- SubGenre
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period
- Audience
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
- Sarah Ruhl is the 2003 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama
Details
Summary
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.
History
Three Sisters premiered at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 24 October 2009. Directed by John Doyle, the production featured Hannah Cabell as Irina, Alma Cuervo as Olga, and Laila Robins as Masha.
The Prozorov Sisters:
OLGA
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
- Time Period1900-1910
- SettingThe Prozorov home. 1900.
- FeaturesPeriod Costumes
- DurationMore than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
“Luminous!... A crisp, breezy new English version by Sarah Ruhl.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“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
“Ruhl seems a good fit to adapt Chekhov, as each writer’s works are playgrounds of bittersweet ambiguity... a rich and sonorous version of the classic play.” – The Yale Herald
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Videos
Three Sisters (Ruhl) at Yale Rep
Three Sisters (Ruhl) at Berkeley Rep
Chekhov and Me: Sarah Ruhl
Photos
Image: 2011 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, The Oldest Boy, Stage Kiss, Dear Elizabeth, Eurydice, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Orlando, Late ...