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Three Sisters

Summary
1970 BBC production of Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters.
Theatre play
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [more information]
Date of transmission
Sunday 18 January 1970
Time
8.15pm
Series
Play of the Month
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

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
Joss AcklandChebutykin
Eileen AtkinsOlga
Sarah BadelNatasha
Michael BryantVershinin
Lisa CarrollMaid
Erik Chitty (1907-1977)Ferapont
Michele DotriceIrena
Jenny HarringtonMaid
Ronald HinesToozenbach
Anthony HopkinsAndrey
Maeve LeslieNurse
Richard PearsonKoolyghin
Donald PickeringSoliony
Matthew RobertsonRodé
Janet SuzmanMasha
Christopher TimothyFedotik
Marda VanneAnfisa

Additional details

Play tags
Russian drama

Audiovisual sources

Title
The Three Sisters (BBC, 1970)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

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
Title
Radio Times, 15 January 1970 (Magazine)
Linking notes
article, pp. 52-55; listing, p. 26

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