The Three Sisters / Три сестры

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Антон Чехов. The Three Sisters / Три сестры

Characters

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

ACT IV

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[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.]

[Olga, in the regulation blue dress of a teacher at a girl’s high school, is walking about correcting exercise books; Masha, in a black dress, with a hat on her knees, sits and reads a book; Irina, in white, stands about, with a thoughtful expression.]

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O l g a. But you haven’t a single white hair yet. You’re older, but you’re not yet old.

V e r s h i n i n. I’m forty-two, anyway. Have you been away from Moscow long?

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