Three Sisters

Summary: 1970 BBC production of Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters.
Theatre play: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [more information]
Play synopsis: Three Sisters probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. their hopes for a life more suited to their cultivated tastes and sensibilities provide a touching contounterpoint to the relentless flow of events in the wider world.
Production history: First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901.
Date of transmission: Sunday 18 January 1970
Time: 8.15pm
Series: Play of the Month
Channel: BBC1
Production company: BBC

Director

Cedric Messina

Producer

Gerald Savory (1909-1996)

Lighting

Robert Wright

Playwright

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Translator

Elisaveta Fen

Musician

Peter Lehmann Bedford (guitarist)

Designer

Natasha Kroll

Costumes

Juanita Waterson

Script Editor

Rosemary Hill

Cast

Title: The Three Sisters (BBC, 1970)
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Title: Marginal virtues: George Melly on A Doll’s House and Three Sisters (Newspaper review)
Author/creator: George Melly (Reviewer)
Reference: The Observer, 25 January 1970, p. 28

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