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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: Three Sisters

Title:  Three Sisters
Playwright:  Chekhov, Anton  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Year  1900  Genre:  Drama
Period:  Bustle  Number of Acts/Scenes  4
Passage of time:  9 months to a year
Basic Plot:  (from script jacket) Three sisters are trapped in a provincial Russian town after the death of their father. They lament and long for better times in Moscow but soon learn life is to be accepted, if not understood
Contributor's Name:  Tollefson/M. Cobourne
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  $2800
Producing Organization:  UCF Conservatory Theatre
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  12
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  12
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  12
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  12
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  29
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  29
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  9
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  9
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  19
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  19
  Female Actors:  5
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  5
 
  Female Characters:  5
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  5
 
  Female Costumes:  19
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  19

  Female Actors:  5
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  5
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  Script calls for wandering musicians and extra soldiers which can be cut. Chebutyken could wear uniform whole show and eliminate 3 costumes. Sisters could repeat costumes
Quick Changes:  Natasha has scene change to change entire costume
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Natasha must have a pink dress with green belt as per the dialogue; Distressed/Dirty costumes required for fire scene in Act 3.
Other important notes:  Russian Military Uniforms are required for most men. The edition referenced for this project is Jean-Claude van Itallie's 1995 translation.

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