THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Christopher Hampton.The Filter Theatre Company. A review by Julia Gasper 10 March 2010 We are being treated to more Chekhov than usual this year because it is the 150th anniversary of his birth. However, there are some people who have seen too much of him, or so it seems from the programme which speaks of “de-familiarising the over-familiar”. So this is not The Three Sisters just as Chekhov wrote it but a version by Christopher Hampton, (best known for his adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses from the novel by Laclos for the RSC 25years ago). Hampton wants to present Chekhov without nostalgia, wistfulness or yearning. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/review.htm
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