About the Book: Three Sisters
Youd be hard put to find a better script to work with than this translation by
Michael Frayn . . . It sticks rigorously to the inner thrust of the play while
giving it a fresh, crisp clarity that makes it not just accessible but
compelling to watch. The underlying tragedy . . . is intact. It is made more
moving, not less, by the way Frayns ineffably light touch has caught too the
comedy of Andrey and his three sisters. Guardian Frayn puts well the central
statement of this most moving of dramas: it is about the irony of