Three Sisters (Methuen Student Editions) (Methuen Student Editions) |
 |
 click here for more details, find new or used items |
A.P. Chekhov
|
|
Pages: 108 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0413771407
Pub: Methuen Drama
Pub date: 2003-03-06
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25581
Reader Reviews:
Love the play AND the edition (2/3 people found this helpful)
The play is wonderful, but what I want to review is this edition - Michael Frayn's translation is excellent and the introduction is really fascinating as well as invaluable if you're studying the text for Theatre Studies or Drama. Nick Worrall provides a commentary looking at the themes of the play, Chekhov's background and theatre in the early 20th century, various (and varied) critical opinions and descriptions of past productions of the play (a life-saver!). He writes unpretentiously, clearly and with an fantastic understanding of the play
A clever play (0/1 people found this helpful)
This play can be read on so many levels. I take it to represent the art of conversation. If you pay close attention the play seems to focus on it's characters' intrinsic inclination to speak over eachother.
In addition it highlights the 3 sisters' (Masha, Irini ang Olga) longing for what they do not have. It's like the Russian equivalent of the American dream. The characters long for a better future.
But is this play a comedy or a tragedy?
"Three Sisters" - Good book, nothing without a good reader. (2/4 people found this helpful)
Imagination is the key to enjoying this book. Reading between the lines and reading deeply into the characters, making comparasomes to yourself will make this one of the best books you will ever have read. The translation from Russian is adequote in expressing the characters and asserting their personalities however, don't expect this translation to be a perfect match to what Chekhov was writing since much of the translators own views of the play are asserted through the translation.
Similar Products
Three Sisters [1970]
Antigone (Dover Thrift)
Stanislavski: An Introduction (Performance Books)
Antigone (Methuen Students Editions) (Methuen Students Editions)
An Actor Prepares (Eyre Methuen Drama Books) (Performance Books)
Categories
Amazon.co.uk places this book into the following categories:
Books -> Subjects -> Poetry, Drama & Criticism -> Drama -> Playwrights, A-Z -> ( E-G ) -> Frayn, Michael
Books -> Subjects -> Poetry, Drama & Criticism -> History & Criticism
Books -> Subjects -> Music, Stage & Screen -> Performing Arts -> Plays & Drama -> 19th Century
Books -> Subjects -> Music, Stage & Screen -> Performing Arts -> Plays & Drama -> Bestsellers
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards -> Literary Fiction
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> F -> Frayn, Michael
uk-shops -> Education Resources -> Books -> English Literature Study Guides