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The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Original production 1901 The Moscow Art Theatre, Russia
Sound recording 2016 at The Directors Company, NYC
Cast
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova Lucy McMichael
Maria Sergeyevna Kulygina (Masha) Temi Rose
Irina Sergeyevna Prozorova Kathleen Kenning
Andrei Segeyevich Prozorov Gianmarco Soresi
Natalia Ivanovna (Natasha) Allison Threadgold
Fyodor Ilyich Kulygin Jim Mullins
Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin Tim Marriott
Baron Nikolay Lvovich Tuzenbakh Jonathan Horvath
Captain Vassily Vasilyevich Solyony Richard Kent Green
Ivan Romanovich Chebutykin Laurence Cantor
Aleksey Petrovich Fedotik - Taylor Rosen
Vladimir Karlovich Rode - Matthew L. Imparato
Ferapont Spiridonovich Matthew L. Imparato
Anfisa Eve Sorel
Narrator Howard Pinhasik
Sound Effects and Music Credits Temi Rose production of The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Act One The Three Sisters
Act 1 Part 1
Sound Effects
Russian Birds: (All bird sounds in this scene are CC BY 3.0 Share Alike) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_Russia
Carduelis chloris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Carduelis_chloris.ogg
Poecile palustris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Poecile_palustris.ogg
Clock Strikes Twelve:
Recorded by Clock Man. http://soundbible.com/1617-Clock-Strikes-Twelve.html Public Domain
Knocking on floor:
Knocking on door, recorded by ERH. http://soundbible.com/1196-Knocking-On-Door.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, from the cantata: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. Whistled by Thomas Bryant. Recorded for, and donated to, this audio ebook by Thomas Bryant. http://www.whistlingtom.com CC BY 3.0 Share Alike María Teresa Carreńo García de Sena plays her composition, Little Waltz, Welte Mignon recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3DMwE93_W4 Public Domain Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana Op.16 No.6; performed by Carl Reinecke. Piano roll recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4TkWUq6s2M Public Domain
Act 1 Part 2
Sound Effects
Russian Birds: (All bird sounds in this scene are CC BY 3.0 Share Alike https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_Russia
Plectrophenax nivalis
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Plectrophenax_nivalis_song.ogg
Poecile palustris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Poecile_palustris.ogg
Turdus iliacus https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Turdus_iliacus.ogg
Violin:
Violin Chords, recorded by Mutatis mutandis.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_chords.ogg CC BY 2.5 Share Alike
Violin démanché, on G Major Scale, on G string, recorded by Mutatis mutandis. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_d%C3%A9manch%C3%A9,_on_G_major_scale,_on_G_string.ogg /https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Violin_G_major_scale.ogg CC BY 2.5 Share Alike
Act 1 Part 3
Sound Effects
Russian Birds: (All bird sounds in this scene are CC BY 3.0 Share Alike) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_Russia
Carduelis chloris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Carduelis_chloris.ogg /
Picus canus https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Picus_canus.ogg
Poecile palustris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Poecile_palustris.ogg
Sylvia communis https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Sylvia_communis.ogg
Violin:
Violin démanché, on G Major Scale, on G string, recorded by Mutatis mutandis.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_d%C3%A9manch%C3%A9,_on_G_major_scale,_on_G_string.ogg /https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Violin_G_major_scale.ogg CC BY 2.5 Share Alike
Violin sounds and techniques, recorded by Justinlebar. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_sounds_and_techniques.ogg / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Violin_sounds_and_techniques.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavotte en Rondeau, Violin Partita No.3, in E Major, BWV 1006, recorded by Vicond. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.S.Bach_partita_No.3_Gavotte_in_Rondeau.ogg / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/J.S.Bach_partita_No.3_Gavotte_in_Rondeau.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act One Part 4
Sound Effects
Russian Birds: (All bird sounds in this scene are CC BY 3.0 Share Alike) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_Russia
Carduelis chloris https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Carduelis_chloris.ogg
Sylvia communis https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Sylvia_communis.ogg
Spinning Top Sound: Music Box Waltz of Flowers (Peter IlichTchaikovsky), recorded by DJ Chronos. https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/30194/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music Alexander Borodin, In The Steppes of Central Asia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music_by_Alexander_Borodin CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act Two The Three Sisters
Act 2 Part 1
Sound Effects
Wind:
Wind, recorded by Mark DiAngelo. http://soundbible.com/1810-Wind.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Wind, strong, recorded by jpnien. http://freesound.org/people/jpnien/sounds/97397/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Door Bell:
Bells, b15, recorded by dana robinson. https://freesound.org/people/danarobinsondesignsgmailcom/sounds/377639/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Alexander Borodin, In The Steppes of Central Asia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music_by_Alexander_Borodin CC BY 3.0 Share Alike Claude Debussy, Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque, by Hotel Commodore Ensemble, et al. Edited by Thomas A. Edison. The Project Gutenberg eBook Audio.http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10181/10181-m/10181-m-001.mp3 Public Domain Lullaby:
Frédéric Chopin, Berceuse Op. 57 in D flat major. Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQWmsq3s8U Public Domain Yevgeny Yuriev, In the Moonlight. Aidas Rusa, Hayden Duet Concertina. Arranged, recorded and donated to this audio ebook by Aidas Rusa. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHtVqIkhc8 CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 2 Part 2
Sound Effects
Wind:
Wind, recorded by Mark DiAngelo. http://soundbible.com/1810-Wind.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Wind, strong, recorded by jpnien. http://freesound.org/people/jpnien/sounds/97397/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Knocking on floor:
Knocking on door, recorded by ERH. http://soundbible.com/1196-Knocking-On-Door.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Galitzijskye polae/Galician fields, performed by Mentuz Dimitry Nikolayevich. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Galitzijskye_polae.ogg / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galitzijskye_polae.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 2 Part 3
Sound Effects
Wind:
Wind, strong, recorded by jpnien. http://freesound.org/people/jpnien/sounds/97397/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Tuzenbakh exit laughter:
Laughter sound, recorded by Mike Koenig. http://soundbible.com/2010-Laughter.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Frédéric Chopin, Berceuse Op. 57 in D flat major. Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQWmsq3s8U Public Domain
María Teresa Carreńo García de Sena playing her composition, Little Waltz, Welte Mignon recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3DMwE93_W4 Public Domain
Act 2 Part 4
Sound Effects
Wind:
Wind, strong, recorded by jpnien. http://freesound.org/people/jpnien/sounds/97397/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Vershinin exit whistle:
Innocent whistle, recorded by tgfcoder. http://freesound.org/people/tgfcoder/sounds/146887/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Door Bell:
Bells, b15, recorded by dana robinson. https://freesound.org/people/danarobinsondesignsgmailcom/sounds/377639/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Troika harness bells:
Jingle Bells, recorded by Cascabeles. https://www.mysoundeffect.com/miscellaneous/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Carnival Entertainers:
Party crowd, recorded by Daniel Simion. http://soundbible.com/2163-Party-Crowd.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Street - spring accordion, recorded by miastodzwiekow. Polwiejska street in Poznan, Poland; young Gypsy girl accordion-player. https://freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/149254/ CC BY 3.0 Share
Music
Claude Debussy, Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque, by Hotel Commodore Ensemble, et al. Edited by Thomas A. Edison. The Project Gutenberg eBook Audio. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10181/10181-m/10181-m-001.mp3 Public Domain Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Hamlet. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ogg_files_of_music_by_Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Tchaikovsky-Hamlet_Op67_vs_Kosma-FeuillesMortes.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Yevgeny Yuriev, In the Moonlight. Aidas Rusa, Hayden Duet Concertina. Arranged, recorded and donated to this audio ebook by Aidas Rusa. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHtVqIkhc8 CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act Three The Three Sisters
Act 3 Part 1
Sound Effects
Fire Alarm Bells:
Morning bells, recorded by Barkenov. https://freesound.org/people/barkenov/sounds/251231/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Old school bell sound, recorded by Daniel Simion. http://soundbible.com/2185-Old-School-Bell.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Church bells, recorded by Zabuhailo. https://freesound.org/people/Zabuhailo/sounds/178648/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
First trial of foundry bell, recorded by Monika Widzicka in Felczy?scy Bell Foundry in Taciszów, Poland. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WWS_Bellfoundry8211firsttrialofthebell.ogg / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/WWS_Bellfoundry8211firsttrialofthebell.ogg CC BY 4.0 Attribution
House Bell:
Bells, b15, recorded by dana robinson. https://freesound.org/people/danarobinsondesignsgmailcom/sounds/377639/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Fire Brigade: 20090412.horse, recorded by dobroide. https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/71335/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Claude Debussy, La soirée dan Grenade. Claude Debussy, piano. Welte Mignon recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PekrB_IuGIc Public Domain
Act 3 Part 2
Sound Effects
Fire Alarm Bells:
Morning bells, recorded by Barkenov. https://freesound.org/people/barkenov/sounds/251231/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Old school bell sound, recorded by Daniel Simion. http://soundbible.com/2185-Old-School-Bell.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
China clock Shattering:
Breaking glass, recorded by Vidrios Y Vasos Rompiendo. https://www.mysoundeffect.com/house/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Knocking on floor:
Knocking on door, recorded by ERH. http://soundbible.com/1196-Knocking-On-Door.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 3 Part 3
Sound Effects
Fire Alarm Bell:
Morning bells, recorded by Barkenov. https://freesound.org/people/barkenov/sounds/251231/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Knocking on floor:
Knocking on door, recorded by ERH. http://soundbible.com/1196-Knocking-On-Door.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherezade recorded by Mezzofortist. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bassoon_rimsky.ogg / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bassoon_rimsky.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act Four The Three Sisters
Act 4 Part 1
Music
Cracow trumpet signal from the St. Mary church tower, Poland. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Cracow_trumpet_signal.ogg Public Domain
Mykola Vitali?ovych Lysenko, Oi ya nestchastay (malo Russkaya piesnia) Oh, I am unhappy; performed by Alexander Sashko and A. Iranova. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694086/ Public Domain
Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska, A Maidens Prayer, recorded by Benjaminharveydesign.https://freesound.org/people/benjaminharveydesign/sounds/316644/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 4 Part 2
Sound Effects
Birds:
Canadian geese honk, recorded by Tony Phillips. http://soundbible.com/1202-Canadian-Geese-Honk.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Geese honking, recorded by fws.gov http://soundbible.com/235-Geese-Honking.html Public Domain
Tundra swans, recorded by fws.gov http://soundbible.com/275-Tundra-Swans.html Public Domain
Watch chime:
Chime 01 Hour 12, recorded by tiredoldwhiteman. https://freesound.org/people/tiredoldwhiteman/sounds/91453/ CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Mikhail Glinka, Variations on a theme by Mozart. Elinor Bennett, harpist. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Amrywiadau_ar_Thema_gan_Mozart_-_Elinor_Bennett.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike 18th Century Japanese Melody. Whistled and recorded by Thomas Bryant. This recording was donated to this audio ebook by Thomas Bryant. http://www.whistlingtom.com/short/whistlintom-10.mp3 CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 4 Part 3
Music
Mikhail Glinka, Variations on a theme by Mozart. Elinor Bennett harpist. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Amrywiadau_ar_Thema_gan_Mozart_-_Elinor_Bennett.ogg CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Act 4 Part 4
Sound Effects
Gun shot:
Gun loud, recorded by soundmaster. http://soundbible.com/1855-Gun-Loud.html CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Music
Alexander Borodin, In The Steppes of Central Asia.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files_of_music_by_Alexander_Borodin CC BY 3.0 Share Alike
Cracow trumpet signal from the St. Mary church tower, Poland. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Cracow_trumpet_signal.ogg Public Domain
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Sei Forse L'Angelo Fedele. Claudia Muzio, soprano, et al. Edited by Thomas A. Edison. The Project Gutenberg eBook Audio. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10278/10278-m/10278-m-001.mp3 CC BY 3.0 Share Alike Vasily Agapkin, Farewell of Slavianka, recorded by United States Coast Guard Band. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farewell_of_Slavianka_(stereo).ogg Public Domain