![]() ![]() To Konstantin Alexeyev (Stanislavsky), 15 January 1901, Nice The play has turned out to be boring, sluggish and awkward I say awkward, because for instance it has four female leads and an atmosphere of unparalleled gloom.The play is as complicated as a novel, and the mood, so I'm told, quite deadly." ![]() "The Three Sisters are ready, but their future, at least their immediate future, is lost in a mist of uncertainty. To Vera Komissarzhevskaya, 13 November 1900, Moscow Something's a bit wrong with one of my heroines I can't seem to do anything with her and it's really annoying me.Wherever did News of the Day dredge up the news that Three Sisters is no good as a title? What nonsense! Maybe it isn't good, but I certainly don't plan to change it." Shall I write, or just make a fair copy? I don't know my dear old girl. "I shall sit in the hotel every day and write my play. It has so many characters - I may completely loose the plot and have to abandon it." ![]() Actually it's more of a dog's dinner than a play. ![]() "My dearest one, I don't know when I am coming to Moscow the reason I don't know is because, can you imagine, I am writing a play at the moment. It is now certain that you will have to go ahead next season without a play from me." I've got a subject, 'Three Sisters', but I'm not going to settle down to it until I have finished the stories which have long been weighing on my conscience. To Vladimir Namirovich-Dachenko, 24 November 1899, Yalta ![]()
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