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The Three Sisters

0.0 191 mins Drama   1981
Royal Shakespeare Company   Thames Television  
Director(s): Trevor Nunn

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.

Casts of The Three Sisters

Suzanne Bertish

as Masha

Janet Dale

as Olga

Patrick Godfrey

as Kulighin

Rose Hill

as Anfisa

Timothy Spall

as Andrei

Roderick Horn

as Rode

Griffith Jones

as Chebutikin

Teddy Kempner

as Fedotik

Bob Peck

as Solyony

Edward Petherbridge

as Vershinin

Roger Rees

as Tusenbach

Emily Richard

as Irina

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