Chekhov's 1901 play, "Three Sisters" is part of the naturalism
movement in theatre where plays portrayed the lives of ordinary
people in realistic settings. "Three Sisters" is about the decay of
the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the
modern world. It describes the lives and aspirations of the
Prozorov family. After their cultured upbringing in Moscow the
family moves to a small provincial town after the death of their
father. The young sisters find this new life stultifying. Their
brother is the new head of the household, but disappoints when he
spends his time gambling and marries a woman that the sisters
despise. Moscow looms over the play as a symbol of both happiness
and an intellectual existence, but always remains at an unreachable
distance for these sisters who are desperate to return there. More
than a century old, Chekhov's play explores a theme that rings true
to modern audiences: the strive for meaning, the attainment of
hopes and dreams and the disillusionment when hopes are not
fulfilled.
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