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The play charts the lives and ambitions of the well-heeled Prozorovs stranded in a provincial backwater after the death of their father, an army general. The three sisters: Olga, Masha, Irina and their brother, Andrey, were brought up in the refined and cultured environment of Moscow and long to return there as a place where they believe happiness is possible. Over four moving acts, the siblings struggle with unhappy marriages, tempestuous love affairs, unsatisfying jobs, unwanted marriage proposals and a desperate fire that ravages the town, all of which see their hope of returning to Moscow recede further out of sight. The symbol of Moscow represents the familys impossible dreams for a perfect life, unexamined and untested. Instead, they become mired in a desperate search for meaning amidst the chaos of their lives and come face to face with the reality of poverty and the decay of the privileged classes.
2017
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