Three Sisters

Name: Three Sisters
Author: Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov, traducido por Julius West

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Dramatis Personae

Andrey Sergeyevitch Prosorov
Natalia Ivanova (Natasha), his fiancée, later his wife (28)
Olga (28),
Masha (23),
Irina (20), his sisters
Feodor Ilitch Kuligin, high school teacher, married to Masha
Alexander Ignateyevitch Vershinin, lieutenant-colonel in charge of a battery (42)
Nicolai Lvovitch Tuzenbach, baron, lieutenant in the army (30)
Vassili Vassilevitch Soleni, captain
Ivan Romanovitch Chebutikin, army doctor (60)
Alexey Petrovitch Fedotik, sublieutenant
Vladimir Carlovitch Rode, sublieutenant
Ferapont, doorkeeper at local council offices, an old man
Anfisa, nurse (80)

The action takes place in a provincial town.

(Ages are stated in parentheses.)

Act I

In Prosorov’s house. A sitting-room with pillars; behind is seen a large dining-room. It is midday, the sun is shining brightly outside. In the dining-room the table is being laid for lunch.

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cargando el resto…

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Dramatis Personae

Andrey Sergeyevitch Prosorov

Natalia Ivanova (Natasha), his fiancée, later his wife (28)

Olga (28),
Masha (23),
Irina (20), his sisters

Feodor Ilitch Kuligin, high school teacher, married to Masha

Alexander Ignateyevitch Vershinin, lieutenant-colonel in charge of a battery (42)

Nicolai Lvovitch Tuzenbach, baron, lieutenant in the army (30)

Vassili Vassilevitch Soleni, captain

Ivan Romanovitch Chebutikin, army doctor (60)

Alexey Petrovitch Fedotik, sublieutenant

Vladimir Carlovitch Rode, sublieutenant

Ferapont, doorkeeper at local council offices, an old man

Anfisa, nurse (80)

The action takes place in a provincial town.

(Ages are stated in parentheses.)