A8: Two Plays by Chekhov: Three Sisters & The Cherry Orchard

Start date: September 10, 2025

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Location: AU Kennedy 119

Category: WISE Class

Event Summary:

This is a five-week class that will meet in-person on the Assumption campus; meeting dates are Sept 10, 17, 24, Oct 8, 15

Event Description


Class dates: Sept 10, 17, 24 and Oct 8, 15 (5 weeks)

Class time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Location: Assumption, Kennedy 119

The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the 20 th saw a long-overdue resurgence in European Drama. Surprisingly to many familiar with the dominance of French, Italian and English drama from the Renaissance onward, that rebirth was sparked by playwrights from the North. Arguably the most important of that cadre was the Russian medical doctor, Anton Chekhov. We will study two of his most performed plays in this order: Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard .

Required reading: Anton Chekhov Plays, Publisher: ‎ Penguin Classics; Revised ed. edition (September 3, 2002), ISBN 978-0140447330, $9.30 (translations vary, so all students should use this version)

Instructor: Helen Whall taught Shakespeare and Modern Drama at the College of the Holy Cross for decades. Since retirement, she has offered similar classes through WISE.