{"product_id":"three-sisters-tcg-edition-9781559360555","title":"Three Sisters (TCG Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e“Wonderfully fresh and affecting.” – Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This lucid interpretation rewards with its deep understanding of a complex play.” –David Rooney, \u003ci\u003eHollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe works of Russia’s greatest playwright, Anton Chekhov, masterfully blend comedy and pathos, creating a richness of texture and characterization rarely seen since Shakespeare. With \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e (1901), his portrait of the Prozorov family’s elusive dream of returning from the provinces to an idealized Moscow, he captured a restlessness and yearning which remain enduringly modern. In Paul Schmidt’s version – the basis for the Wooster Group’s acclaimed adaptation \u003ci\u003eBrace Up!\u003c\/i\u003e – we can perceive, for the first time in English, a refreshingly clear and colloquial style we instinctively know as Chekhov’s own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eANTON CHEKHOV\u003c\/b\u003e (1860-1904) led a double life as a practicing physician and a celebrated author of short stories and plays. The Moscow Art Theater’s stagings of \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e – under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky – secured Chekhov’s reputation as a world-class dramatist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL SCHMIDT\u003c\/b\u003e edited \u003ci\u003eMeyerhold at Work\u003c\/i\u003e and has translated writings by Rimbaud, Khlebnikov, Gogol, Kaiser, Mayakovsky and Genet. Recipient of an NEA fellowship and of a doctorate in Russian from Harvard University, his translations, adaptations and original plays have been performed across the country.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Anton Chekhov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48294803931387,"sku":"9781559360555","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781559360555_8b3e7d92-59a7-41b3-875f-357cac8381ec.jpg?v=1772484823","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/three-sisters-tcg-edition-9781559360555","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}