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Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" (1970), Act 1, Part 1/4

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go here to see end of play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKCIjp_PXs4

Jeanne Watts ... Olga
Joan Plowright ... Masha
Louise Purnell ... Irina
Laurence Olivier ... Dr. Ivan Chebutikin
Alan Bates ... Col. Vershinin
Sheila Reid ... Natasha
Kenneth MacKintosh ... Kulighin
Ronald Pickup ... Baron Tusenbach
Frank Wylie ... Maj. Vassili Vassilich Solloni

Directed by Laurence Olivier and John Sichel

Cinematography by
Geoffrey Unsworth (who did "2001: A Space Odyssey)

translated by Moura Budberg

Anton Chekhov "Three Sisters" was written in 1900

Chekhov said this play of his is ''dreary, long and awkward'' with ''four heroines and a spirit more gloomy than gloom itself.''

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  • The play is better on book- this is quite boring.

  • @dantean Tolstoy was talking about some of his other contemporaries, not Chekhov. He had a great appreciation for Chekhov's work. What he hated was when people spent 3 pages describer scenery. When Chekhov died Tolstoy wrote that Chekhov was his "superior in the art of writing". Which may have been modesty talking, but either way it's clear he held his writing in great esteem.

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  • An epic production that I was honored to be the lighting designer for at the Old Vic. Glorious days!

  • Is it just me or is the opening very reminisent to Bergman?

  • the thruth is there are better versions of this play, but this one is good enough to watch for once.... look for the 1970 version with Anthony Hopkins anh Eileen Atkins!!

  • @monichat These ones were burned down by the communists to make space.

  • @dinosaurjr Try the BBC Radio recording in translation by Brian Friel, it's great.

  • @dinosaurjr And the books don't work either! Look,Chekhov belongs at or near the head of the "Overrated Masters" list. For the life of me I cannot understand why EVERYONE does not adopt Tolstoy's view of this NON-playwright foisting these dialogue exercises on an unsuspecting public--who hated them, by the way. Theatre is a study in human behavior and if there's anything Chekhov characters WON'T do, it's ANYTHING! Instead, they discuss the prospect of doing things. Tolstoy naled it viz. Chekhov!

  • para las Irina de todo el mundo¡¡¡

  • @IlviraIA Thank you for the precious information. Spassiba bolshoye ! Sorry I don't have the cyrillic characters on my present keyboard. I love all the Chekhov plays, I saw The Cherry Orchard last week in my hometown. Very moving, Chekhov is my hero.

  • @monichat You probably saw the soviet time and style buildings and apartments .they're incomparable with those in the beginning of 20th cent.

    Three sisters live in mansion, so the movie shows it almost perfect, close to reality,imho

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