{"product_id":"three-sisters-9781559369695","title":"Three Sisters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter their father's death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei's gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial lives. As the seventh play in the TCG Classic Russian Drama Series, playwright Richard Nelson and translators of Russian literature Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their collaboration with a masterful new translation of Chekhov's exploration of yearning and disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/strong\u003e's many plays include \u003cem\u003eIllyria\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eHungry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat Did You Expect?\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWomen of a Certain Age\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThat Hopey Changey Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSweet and Sad\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSorry, Regular Singing\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eNikolai and the Others\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGoodnight Children Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e (Olivier Award for Best Play); \u003cem\u003eFranny's Way\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSome Americans Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFrank's Home\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTwo Shakespearean Actors\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eJames Joyce's The Dead\u003c\/em\u003e (with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical). He has also written for film, namely the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eHyde Park-on-Hudson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the PEN\/Laura Pels Master Playwright Award and an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e have translated the works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e won the PEN Translation Prize in 1991 and 2002, respectively. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420127236370,"sku":"9781559369695","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e4f2caa-0ced-44ac-984f-380721ee9dda.jpg?v=1762933696","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-sisters-9781559369695","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}