Thanks to Lev Dodin, “Three Sisters” came from St. Petersburg to Moscow

Two evenings on the stage of the Moscow Maly Theater, three sisters from the famous play of A. Chekhov, loved, suffered and dreamed about the future. The international festival dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Stanislavsky presented to the public more than one performance staged according to Chekhov’s plots, but the main event was the play “Three Sisters”, staged by the famous director Lev Dodin in St. Petersburg’s MDT.

Not only the theater-goers of St. Petersburg managed to watch this production, the performance was warmly received by the public of Milan, Lyon and New York, and was awarded prestigious prizes. Now it’s time to meet with theatrical spectators in Moscow. Lev Dodin did not resort to staging effects, there are practically no scenery on the stage, only the construction of the facade of the house, which in the course of the play inevitably approaches the heroes of the performance, just like fate.

The director believes that “Three Sisters” is a universal story that is not tied to time and place. That is why Chekhov’s drama is in demand all over the world. Dodin saw in the play a story about the injustice of a world in which well-being is not given to those who deserve it, about the unfulfilled fates of three women with their dream of the future, which is actually longing for a prosperous past.

The heroines of the play cannot resist the vulgarity of a provincial town, although each of them is a person with deep and passionate feelings. Stage-by-stage scenes run through the entire performance, for which Lev Dodin took a place on the steps taken out of the ramp. This is a place for the confession of the heroes, where they talk about the main thing - love, leaving the life of the Prozorovs.

Opinions of the public about the production were mixed, but the performance staged by a true master should be so.

Ludmila Trautmane