KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
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Three Sisters, Vaudeville Theatre, London
All the dreams and disappointments of Chekhov's characters come memorably to life in a profoundly human production
Dreamers: Ekaterina Tarasova, Ksenia Rappoport and Irina Tychinina in Three Sisters
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“IN TWO or three hundred years, life will be unimaginably beautiful.”
It’s hard not to feel that Igor Chernevich’s bearded Vershinin has hit a nerve as a ripple of laughter through the audience. Far be it from us to disabuse him of his imagined utopia, a future bright with hot-air balloons, superhuman senses and beautifully tailored coats.
Humanity, he tells us, is destined for something astonishing. We just have to wait, and work. As for those of us alive today? “They’ll forget us. That is our fate.”
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