![]() ![]() Lloyd plays Vershinin, a Russian military commander who has an affair with Masha, one of the three sisters. Communist leaders used ChekhovÕs plays to show the public how horrible society had become and why it needed to change. Painting a dysfunctional picture of aristocratic Russia proved to be wildly popular for Communists in the 1920s, according to HART executive director Steve Lloyd. ![]() It shows ChekhovÕs intuition in seeing Russian aristocracy as a mountain of cards ready to collapse, Neinhuis added. His failure to live up to potential and help people is emblematic of a failing Russian society at that time, Neinhuis explained. Along with the slurred speech and stumbling walk, the character has to give the audience a reason to empathize with a man who once devoted his life to fixing people and is now broken himself. Chebuytkin is a drunken doctor plagued by the guilt of a former patientÕs death, but playing a drunk is not as easy as it would appear. Chebuytkin, played in the HART production by veteran actor and Western Carolina University English professor Terry Neinhuis. His plays are full of absolutely fascinating characters, Kay explained during a recent HART rehearsal. He stage managed the show in Cincinnati, then acted in two different roles in a pair of off-Broadway productions. This is KayÕs fourth time being involved with a Three Sisters play. ![]()
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