Three Sisters

Writer
Cordelia Lynn

Director
Georgia Green

Location
The Carne Studio Theatre

Dates
Saturday 4 December at 7:45pm*
Monday 6 December at 2:15pm
Tuesday 7 December at 7:45pm
Wednesday 8 December at 2:15pm**
Thursday 9 December at 7:45pm

* Opening night of this run was livestreamed.

** The performance on Wed 8 Dec was a relaxed performance. Find out more.

About the show

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.

Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's Three Sisters, from a literal translation by Helen Rappaport.

The running time is 2 hours 45 minutes, including an interval of 15 minutes.

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About the writer, Cordelia Lynn

Cordelia Lynn is a playwright whose plays include: 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.

She was the recipient of the 2017 Pinter Commission for a new play at the Royal Court Theatre.

About the director, Georgia Green

Georgia Green is a director and writer.

As director her work includes Human Animals (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama), Twelfth Night (ALRA), Parliament Square (Rose Bruford), OUTSIDE: Three new plays by Kalungi Ssebandeke, Sonali Bhattacharyya and Zoe Cooper (Orange Tree Theatre), Blue Stockings (LAMDA), You Got Older (LAMDA), The Mikvah Project (Orange Tree Theatre/ Stage Debut Nominated).

As assistant/associate director:

Dirty Crusty (Yard Theatre), Amsterdam (ATC/Orange Tree Theatre, TR Plymouth), Out of Water, The Double Dealer (Orange Tree Theatre), Zog (Rose Theatre Kingston/Freckle Productions/ Kneehigh).