‘Do you ever wonder what would happen if we could live our lives all over again but be fully conscious of it the second time?
I bet we’d try to do everything differently, or at least would know to create a different world for ourselves.’
In a room in a house in a provincial town, three sisters wait for their lives to begin. Olga, the eldest. Masha, the middle child. Irina, the youngest.
The clock strikes. A candle is lit. The clock stops. Something catches fire. The clock strikes. They wake up.
Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, from a literal translation by Helen Rappaport, was first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, in April 2019, in a production directed by Rebecca Frecknall.
About the author
Cordelia Lynn is a playwright, librettist and dramaturg. She received the Berwin Lee Award, 2020, the Harold Pinter Award, 2017, and the Jerwood New Playwright, 2015.
Her plays include: Sea Creatures (Hampstead Theatre, 2023); Love and Other Acts of Violence (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2021); Hedda Tesman, after Henrik Ibsen (Headlong / Chichester Festival Theatre / The Lowry, 2019); a version of Chekhov's Three Sisters (Almeida Theatre, London, 2019); Lela & Co. (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2015); Believers Anonymous (Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2012); and After the War, which has been performed in venues around the UK and abroad.
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