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Three Sisters, Lyttelton, National Theatre
Nigerian civil war retelling of Chekhov classic is a real coup
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ANTON Chekhov's classic play has been transported from mid-19th century Russia to 1960s Nigeria, a country in the midst of the Biafran civil war, in this captivating retelling by Inua Ellams.
His version of the three sisters are Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo, the Igbo daughters of the revolution who have fled Lagos to the Biafran capital Owerri in the south of Nigeria.
Mourning the loss of their father, who was apparently something of a leader for the Biafran cause, the trio romanticise about returning to Lagos while youngest Udo (Racheal Ofori), who is clearly at a loss to the point of the war, longs to find purpose in life.
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