The Three Sisters (Thrift Editions)

The Story

First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, 'The Three Sisters' probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. Their hopes for a life more suited to their cultivated tastes and sensibilities provide a touching counterpoint to the relentless flow of compromising events in the real world. In this powerful play, a landmark of modern drama, Chekhov interweaves character and theme in subtle ways that make the works's climax seem as inevitable as it is deeply moving.