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Three Sisters (Ruhl)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 5f, 9m
By Anton Chekhov
English version by Sarah Ruhl
Based on a literal translation by: Elise Thoron with Natasha Paramonova and Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
Image: 2011 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
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Cast Size
5f, 9m -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Adaptation (Stage & Screen), Period -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Sarah Ruhl is the 2003 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period 1900-1910
- Setting The Prozorov home. 1900.
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Alcohol
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
Chekhov and Me: Sarah Ruhl
Three Sisters (Ruhl) at Berkeley Rep
Photos
Image: 2011 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.