Irina feels her life has taken a common turn, and forgets much of her past life and education. Masha confesses her romance with Vershinin to her sisters in private.At one point her husband wanders into the room, and Masha leaves. Olga lets Anfisa live at her teacher’s flat, and tries to stand up to Natasha, but fails. Natasha behaves cruelly towards an elderly family retainer, Anfisa, by threatening to kick her out of the house. Andrei has been keeping money for himself to pay off his gambling debts, as well as mortgaging their home and giving too much power to his wife his sisters are angry with him. People are running in and out of the room, passing blankets and clothes to help.

There is a destructive fire in the town, causing a critical situation. Natasha has made Olga and Irina share a room so that her baby can have a room of his own. Tezenbach and Solyony both declare love for Irina.Īct 3: Natasha is clearly taking over the household in many ways, as can be seen in act three, about a year later. Natasha discourages any event planning or parties, so the atmospheric quiet suggests all happiness is being snuffed out. Masha has a secret love interest with Lieutenant-Colonel Vershinin, and comes home flushed from their night out. Natasha is having an affair with Andrei’s superior, Protopopov. Act 2: About twenty-one months later, Andrei and Natasha have married and had their first child, a boy named Bobik. Near the end, Andrei confesses his love to Natasha in private and asks her to marry him. This encourages an idea of noble idealism. For this reason, everyone comes to celebrate with her, including the soldiers and their valiant leader, Vershinin. It is the first anniversary of the Prozorov siblings’ father’s death, and is also Irina’s name day. His main love interest is Natalia Ivanovna, or Natasha, who is slightly more common than the Prozorov family. Andrei is the only brother, and the girls admire him greatly. The sisters grew up in Moscow, and longing for their past life, they all wish to return. She talks about her dream to go to Moscow and meet her true love. Irina, the youngest sister, is still full of youthful optimism.

Masha used to be fascinated by him and thought him wise and mature, but after seven years, she begins to see him as a boring person. Masha, the middle sister and the family artist, is married to Feodor Ilyich Kulygin, a schoolteacher. By the end of the play, she has been promoted to headmistress, but does not have much interest in the job. Act 1: Olga, the eldest sister, works as a schoolteacher. Three Sisters (1900), a play by the Russian author and playwright, Anton Chekhov, was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, and is sometimes included in the short list of Chekhov’s outstanding plays.

Chekhov three sisters