How would you perform the role of Chebutykin in Act I and Act III of Three Sisters?
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How would you perform the role of Chebutykin in Act I and Act III of Three Sisters? I would play Chebutykin as an old, wise, father like figure who loves the sisters, especially Irina as if they were his own children. Also, I would want to create comedy and pathos for my audience and would do this in the following way. In Act I, I would like to especially bring out the comic and caring values of the character. Chebutykin's witty, blunt comments, and his nonsensical philosophising creates a friendly, humorous character, which the audience warms to immediately. Chebutykin is old, as in Act I, Chebutykin says, "I am nearly sixty - a lonely, useless old man." When entering for the first time in Act I, Chebutykin reads a newspaper. While doing this, I would squint my eyes and hold the newspaper a distance away from me as if trying to focus....


