Past Questions on 'Three Sisters'
January 2001
Either
a) Explain how you would perform the role of Andrew Prozorov in Acts One and Four of Three Sisters to convey the development of his character to an audience.
Or
b) Outline your set designs for Acts One, Three and Four of Three Sisters and explain how they would create appropriate settings for the distinctive moods of each of these acts.
June 2001
Either
a) Explain how you would perform the role of Irina in Acts One and Four of Three Sisters to highlight the ways in which her character develops in the play.
Or
b) How would you use production elements to achieve an appropriate mood and atmosphere for Act Four of Three Sisters?
January 2002
Either
a) How would you want an audience to respond to the character of Theodore Kulygin, Masha's husband? Explain how you would perform the role on stage to achieve your aims.
Or
b) What effects would you wish to create for your audience at the beginning of Act Three? Explain how you would stage the scene to achieve your aims.
(You should concentrate on the section from the opening of the Act up to the moment when Chebutykin drops the clock.)
June 2002
Either
a) Outline and justify your design ideas for the opening act of Three Sisters and explain what mood and atmosphere you would wish to create for your audience.
Or
b) How would you perform the role of Masha in Acts Three and Four of Three Sisters? Explain how you would wish your audience to respond to the character.
January 2003
Either
a) What qualities would you look for when casting the characters of Olga, Masha and Irina and what advice would you give to the actors about playing their roles in the first Act of the play to highlight their differences for your audience?
Or
b) How would you want your audience to respond to the character of Alexander Vershinin in Three Sisters? Support your answer by explaining how you would perform the role in Acts One and Two.
June 2003
Either
a) How would you want an audience to respond to the character of Natasha in Act Two of the play? Explain how you would perform the role to achieve your aims.
Or
b) How would you direct your cast in the closing moments of Act Four of Three Sisters in order to convey the differing emotions of the characters to your audience?
January 2004
a) Masha and Kulygin
b) Chebutykin