Read this when
Three Sisters
'To Moscow!' Said every year. For four acts. Tell me you've never done this. 🙃
Who it's for
The Prozorov sisters' repeated longing for Moscow works as a mirror for 'if only' thinking: across four acts the reader feels years pass while the dream stays a refrain.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Anton Chekhov's four-act play, written in 1900 and premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, centers on the sisters Olga, Masha and Irina Prozorov and their brother Andrei, who long to leave their provincial garrison town and return to Moscow.
Where to find it
Public domain in the US in its 1901 original and older translations, which circulate free online. Modern translations in print and via libraries (Libby/Hoopla); widely staged, with filmed productions.
Before you start
Heads up: A fatal duel and heavy drinking.
Age: Ages 14+
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
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