Chekhov wrote this play at the end turn of the 19th Century , living in Yalta , suffering from Chronic dilapidating ill health and contemplating marriage , though more in the form of acceptance of a sentence than the crowning flowering of a wonderful longterm match.
The theme is loosely based on the experiences of the Bronte Sisters , the eternal yearning to escape the suffocating restricting stultifying provincial air and escape to the Moscow of youth and promise pervades the whole drama.
This mature and understanding article captures the difficult balancing act any current performance of the play has to contend with in order to portray the hopeless constraints felt by the Sisters , yet to also give hope and vision to the audience that a societal wayout is to be found if there is a will to search for it by understanding and active pursuance to better oneself and those around them.
The first half of the performance does not give hope the deadening lead weight of the former criterion can come even close to transcending the difficult brief , but the second half is a masterful triumph with the scenes which feature the Sisters themselves without too many supporting encumbrances being very powerful moments well worth the early suffering.
Here the producers gives an insight into the background of this worthwhile staging:
And in keeping with the talented student theme here is an exquisite Life of Chekhov in less then 4 minutes video from an excellent 8th grade school project :
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