What Is The Purpose Of The Three Sisters Play

Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov, directed by Rick Lombardo is the 2nd required performance for this semester and could not have been better. The Kennesaw State University production of Three Sisters was phenomenal and the undergraduate students who performed portrayed the Russian characters very well. I am usually not too impressed when it comes to plays performed by students but this production has me wanting to go to every Kennesaw State production. The women who played the three sisters; Olga, Masha, and Irina had me believing I was in the Fox Theatre surrounded by an enormous audience. They made this production feel as though it were professional. Furthermore, this play has offered us a glimpse into the past, a recreation of rural Russia in 1896. Some say time travel …show more content…
It is noticeable that Andrey is concerned but does not follow the same outrage as Natasha. She then attempts to persuade Irina that the basement is no place for a baby, for it is too cold and that Irina’s room would be perfect for a baby. Irina does not understand what Natasha wishes to accomplish by this rant. Natasha then asks Irina if she would leave her room and move into Olga’s room so that Bobik can have Irina’s warm, room. Natasha does not back down since she is concerned for her baby, Bobik’s health. Irina gives in and moves into Olga’s room against her will and this is the first time we see the change in Natasha and we can already tell that it will only get worse from there. Everyone living in the Prozorav house is beginning to have feelings of resentment towards Natasha, and this is picked up on by Natasha and she does not like it one bit. So, Natasha goes on to start taking over the main roll of the house as if it were hers and begins to treat the maid with a great deal of disrespect and this only angers Olga and the other sisters