Three Sisters

by Anton Chekhov

in a new version by Nicholas Wright

It seems to me that you’ve got to believe in something, or at least look for something to believe in, or your life is empty. Completely empty. If you don’t know why the cranes are flying, or why children are born, or why the stars are in the sky... if we don’t know what we’re here for, then our lives don’t have any meaning, they’ve just sprouted up like weeds.

Four young people are left stranded in a provincial backwater after the death of their father, an army general. They focus their dreams on returning to Moscow, a city remembered through the eyes of childhood as a place where happiness is possible.

Nicholas Wright’s most recent play at the NT was the award-winning Vincent in Brixton.

Listen to, or read, Katie Mitchell's thoughts on directing the play - downloadable files below.

• Three Sisters Themes: Real Audio

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• Three Sisters themes: Windows Media

  Filename: Three_Sisters_Themes.wma

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• Three Sisters themes: transcript

  Filename: Three_Sisters_Themes.doc

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• Chekhov & the Brontes: Real Audio

  Filename: Chekhov_and_Brontes.ram

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• Chekhov & the Brontes: Windows Media

  Filename: Chekhov_and_Brontes.wma

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• Chekhov & the Brontes: transcript

  Filename: Chekhov_and_Brontes.doc

  File Format: word

Three Sisters finished on: 18 October 2003