She has a short temper, which is seen frequently throughout the play, and is the sister who disapproves the most of Natasha.

When he is transferred away, she is crushed, but returns to life with her husband, who accepts her back despite knowing what she has done. When the play opens she has been disappointed in the marriage and falls completely in love with the idealistic Lieutenant-Colonel Vershinin. She married her husband, Kulygin, when she was 18 and just out of school. Maria Sergeyevna Kulygina (Masha) – The middle sister, she is 23 at the beginning of the play.When Olga reluctantly takes the role of headmistress permanently, she takes Anfisa with her to escape the clutches of the heartless Natasha. Olga is very motherly even to the elderly servants, keeping on the elderly nurse/retainer Anfisa, long after she has ceased to be useful. Olga is a spinster and at one point tells Irina that she would have married 'any man, even an old man if he had asked' her. Olga is a teacher at the high school, where she frequently fills in for the headmistress whenever the latter is absent. Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova (Olga) – The eldest of the three sisters, she is the matriarchal figure of the Prozorov family, though at the beginning of the play she is only 28 years old.The play is often included on the shortlist of Chekhov's outstanding plays, along with The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre.

Three Sisters ( Russian: Три сeстры́, romanized: Tri sestry) is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. Cover of first edition, published 1901 by Adolf Marks

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