Chekhov's Three Sisters Contributor(s): McVay, Gordon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853993824 ISBN-13: 9781853993824 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Foreign Language Study | Russian - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting |
Dewey: 891.723 |
LCCN: 95070174 |
Series: Critical Studies in Russian Literature = |
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.46" W x 8.52" (0.48 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Chekhov's penultimate play has inspired a bewildering variety of interpretations since its premi re at the Moscow Arts Theatre on 31 January 1901. Three Sisters has been viewed both as tragedy and as comedy, as a poignant testimony to the eternal yearning for love, happiness, beauty and meaning, and as a devastating indictment of the folly of inert gentility and vacuous day-dreaming. Its characters have been deemed worthy embodiments of the universal 'human condition', keenly experiencing hope, disappointment, frustration, loneliness and the passage of time - or passive products of pre-revolutionary Russian privilege, remnants fit only for the scrap-heap of history. This study analyses the plot, characters and themes of the play, before discussing its reception by Russian and English-language critics, and upon the Russian and British stage. |