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Chekhov: Three Sisters

Chekhov: Three Sisters - Russian Texts

2nd ed.

Paperback (01 Jan 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Chekhov's penultimate play has inspired a bewildering variety of
interpretations - both in criticism and in performance - since its
premiere at the Moscow Arts Theatre in 1901. Tri sestry has
been viewed both as tragedy and comedy, as a testimony for the eternal
yearnings for love, happiness and meaning, and as a devastating
indictment of the folly of inert gentility. Its characters have been
seen as worthy embodiments of the universal 'human condition', or as
passive products of pre-revolutionary Russian privilege. Either way,
the sisters are poignant reminders of human disappointment,
frustration, loneliness and the passage of time. The play remains a
firm favourite with audiences, both in Russia and in the
English-speaking world, and must be considered a fundamental work of
twentieth-century European drama.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781853995200
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd ed.
DEWEY: 891
Language: English
Number of pages: 128
Weight: 174g
Height: 196mm
Width: 192mm
Spine width: 7mm