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How would you direct the actor playing 'Vershinin' in order to make his motivation clear in Acts 1 and 4 of Chekhov's 'Three Sisters'?
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How would you direct the actor playing 'Vershinin' in order to make his motivation clear in Acts 1 and 4 of Chekhov's 'Three Sisters'? In Act one we first meet the character of Vershinin, introduced as 'Lieutenant-Colonel Vershinin', a middle-aged and seemingly very capable man, 'certainly no fool'. Before we meet him, the audience already has a preconceived idea of what this man will be like due to Tusenbach's descriptions. The constant theme in his description becomes one of marriage and despondency as we are informed of his wife trying to commit suicide 'evidently to spite her husband'. As such, Vershinin's entrance becomes clouded in anticipation and his arrival needs to be played with slight apprehension, being covered by his forward personality. In act 1, Vershinin has a difficult time coming into a family where the father has died and he has replaced him as a commander after knowing him well; 'the...
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