Tuesday 6th November
Acting: Paul
In the morning session Paul introduced us to the play that
we would be working on this term, ‘Three Sisters’, by Anton P. Chekhov.
The play is set in Russia and the characters are all
Russian, it was published in 1900 and performed in 1901, it is said that
Chekhov was (possibly) inspired by the Bronte sisters when he wrote this play. Having
read the play I can see how this could be true, the talent all three sister
possess with language and education and a yearning for life is relatable with
the Bronte’s and their misfortunes.
We will be working with the first act of the play, the class
was separated into two groups and we were assigned roles by Paul. The splitting
of the groups is a productive idea because our class size is bigger than the
characters cast list, smaller groups means everyone has a part to work with
that they can develop.
The character I have been assigned is Olga, the eldest of
the three sisters, she is 28 years old; she is the matriarch figure of the
family since their father died “exactly a year ago, on the fifth of May”.
I am glad to be playing Olga because I think it will be a
challenging role and because she is a complete juxtaposition to me as a person.
When developing her I will have to consider her relationship with her siblings,
the line between parent and sister will get blurred thus I think conflict will
arise in her interactions with them, due to herself imposed
authority.
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