THREE SISTERS
Drama — 165 minutes / 9M, 6W

Adapted from Tri Sestry by Anton Chekhov
Based on a literal translation by Yanna Meerzon

synopsis

The Prozorovs — Olga, Masha, Irina and their brother Andrei — yearn to return to their native Moscow after more than a decade stuck in a Russian backwater. Their only friends are a handful of soldiers and officers from the local garrison, who spend their time philosophising about the meaning of life. As each Prozorov attempts (and fails) to find happiness through marriage, work, or love affairs, Moscow remains their last beacon of hope to finding the life they envision for themselves.

“The complexities of feeling that percolate within and around this family are brilliantly captured. Nicolas Billon's English version is exceptionally lucid.”

 
“A production filled with intelligence, invention and colour...”

 
“Three Sisters [is] engagingly adapted by Nicolas Billon...”

 
“...Nicolas Billon's new adaptation is thoroughly modern.”

August 30 – September 25, 2007
Soulpepper Theatre Company (Toronto, Canada)
Michael Young Theatre
Cast: Kevin MacDonald, Sarah Wilson, d'bi.young.anitafrika, Megan Follows, Patricia Fagan, Diego Matamoros, Albert Schultz, Michael Ross, Stephen Guy-McGrath, Michael Simpson, Dawn Greenhalgh, Les Carlson, Michael Blake, James Dallas Smith, Jennifer Villaverde

Director: László Marton