Three sisters / by Inua Ellams after Chekhov ; National Theatre.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Ellams, Inua, author.

Contributor:

Fall, Nadia, stage director.

Royal National Theatre (Great Britain), production company.

Fuel (Firm), production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sisters--Drama.

Sisters.

Owerri (Nigeria)--Drama.

Owerri (Nigeria).

Nigeria--History--Civil War, 1967-1970--Drama.

Nigeria.

Genre:

Drama.

Filmed performances.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 minutes)

Other Title:

3 sisters

Place of Publication:

London, England : National Theatre Collection, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This co-production with Fuel Theatre was captured on 4th December 2019. Nigeria, 1967. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups plunged the country into chaos. Fuelled by foreign intervention, the conflict encroaches on their provincial village, and the sisters long to return to their former home in Lagos. Anton Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to 1960s Nigeria on the brink of the Biafran Civil War in this bold adaptation by Inua Ellams.

Participant:

Ronke Adekoluejo (Abosede), Jonathan Ajayi (Igwe), Jude Akuwudike (Eze), Tobi Bamtefa (Dimgba), Peter Bankolé (Nmeri Ora), Anni Domingo (Nma), Sarah Niles (Lolo), Ken Nwosu (Ikemba), Racheal Ofori (Udo), Sule Rimi (Onyinyechukwu), Natalie Simpson (Nne Chukwu), Diana Yekinni (Oyiri Di Ya), Lola May (Abosede / Nne Chukwu), Joseph Ogeleka (Igwe / Dimgba), Offue Okegbe (Eze / Onyinyechukwu), Jerome Ngonadi (Nmeri Ora / Ikemba), Chloe Okora (Nma / Lolo), Nasa Ohalete (Udo / Oyiri Di Ya).

Notes:

Recorded Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, England 4 December 2019.

Title from title screen (viewed August 26, 2021).

Contains:

Adaptation of: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Tri sestry.

OCLC:

1268149481

Publisher Number:

ASP5128308/marc