
Three Sisters
"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts'' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."—Chicago Tribune
"I''ve seen over a dozen Three Sisters, but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard. It''s the cumulative effect of . . . searing truth-telling—from Letts, who knows family dysfunction as only the author of August: Osage County...
"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts'' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."—Chicago Tribune
"I''ve seen over a dozen Three Sisters, but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard. It''s the cumulative effect of . . . searing truth-telling—from Letts, who knows family dysfunction as only the author of August: Osage County...