The sisters
By: by Richard Alfieri
Edition: Samuel French Acting Edition.
Publisher: Samuel French
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9780573699467
Description: Using a college on New York's Upper East Side as their surrogate home and sanctuary, four siblings struggle to banish the ghost of their dead father and create some semblance of harmony as adults. Suggested by Chekhov's Three Sisters, this drama with comedy explores and explodes the myths about family and friendship. But in contrast to Chekhov's family, who yearn to leave the staid provinces for the excitement of Moscow, Alfieri's modern siblings long to escape the chaos of Manhattan for the simpler life they left behind in their childhood home in Charleston. As they strive to reconcile their individual desires, they expose each other's deceptions with barbed wit and candor escalating to moments of shocking power.--From publisher description.