Three Sisters sound cues:

(as mentioned by the script)

Act 1
page 5, intro Andrei playing violin. Ideally, sound of virtuoso practising. Maybe optimistic sounding. Sound cue ends: possibly page 17, possibly sooner. page 6 Clock strikes noon. page 6 Opens window, possible sound. Maybe happy birds, as it is noon in the spring time. page 7 Baron sits to play piano. [romantic mid-eighteenth century piece. Heavy and enthusiastic. He sings.] Sound cue ends: page 7, three lines later, when Baron speaks. Note: Baron gets up from piano on page 9 for his next speech. page 10 Knocking below Signifies dopey doctor's present (samovar) has arrived. page 17 Andrei playing violin, possibly continuation of previous. Sound cue ends: page 17, when (or before) Andrei is called onstage. page 23 Andrei playing violin again, since he snuck off on page 20. Possibly irritated. Trying to force extra practice. Sound cue ends: page 24 when he is called to dinner. page 26 Two cameras shots. Possible sound cues. Another on page 27

Act 2
page 29, intro Accordian with humming. [a romantic mid-eighteenth century piece, slow, haunting, and sad] Sound cue ends: undisclosed. [quick brief gust of howling wind and Natasha enters. page 32 A nurse singing a lullaby to Bobik. Sound cue ends: undisclosed. page 34 Wind howling in stove, same as when father died. Never mentioned again. Could be used in various spots for effect. page 35 Knocking from below. Dopey doctor has arrived. Irina has the Baron stomp

back. page 38 Fedotik and Roddy enter playing guitar and humming. [romantic mideighteenth century piece.]

page 39 Irina sings the nonsense of dopey doctor in a polka style melody. Roddy picks out her melody in response. Irina sings it again. Fedotik joins and make a song out of it, all anticipating everyone to join. Baron tries to pick up the accompaniment and ruins everything, killing the fun. Roddy responds to the embarrassment by picking out the melody of an [ironic funeral piece.] page 40 Roddy plays thrice in response to (and mocking?) the Baron. The first is [one deep quivering note.] The second is [one high, mocking note.] The third is an [amen cadence.] page 41 The rising winter wind is noted, but not necessarily heard. A disdain for the long winter. page 43 Natasha notes Bobik is awake. May require a baby cue. :(. page 46 Tutsenbach sing that mid eighteenth century song. They embrace. page 46 The Baron finds his way to the piano and plays the Blue Danube Waltz. Drunken singing. page 47 The Baron sings about his liquid induced state as he exits(?), A nurse is singing to the baby. page 48 The doorbell rings twice, accompanied by voices and laughter. It is presumably the mummers. page 49 A troika with bells is heard outside. The doorbell rings. It is Protopopov for Natasha. page 50 Doorbell again, Vershinin, Olga, and Kulygin. They are expecting the party that they just missed. Page 51 Supposedly the same thing as the intro to Act 2. Girl, humming with accordian. Not sure if it is symbolic or actually happening.

Act 3
page 52 Bell ringing offstage to alert of the fire in town. A crowd outside of the house is mentioned. Maybe murmurs off stage until the scene gets heavy? Crickets? page 55

Fire bell ringing offstage. page 56 Kulygin hears dopey doctor drunkenly walking upstairs. page 58 Smashed clock. Probably a prop job, but may require cross design? page 63 Irina mentions Andrei fiddling. He should probably be heard, but the script doesn't call for it. He is talking to Ferapont on page 65, so he should be done well before then. page 67 Drunken doctor is knocking on the floor.

Act 4
page 69, intro There is no suggested introduction to this act. page 70 The camera is back. The mood is terrible. May require a new sound (if one is used.) page 70 Echo-cho-cho Battle-cho-tle-tle. page 73 Fedotik wishes the echo another goodbye. page 74 The Maiden's Prayer plays from a piano, supposedly offstage. page 75 Dishes falling and maids yelling at each other. page 76 A harp (lol) and violin play a mid-eighteenth century.. well you get it. page 76 Voices from off stage shout "Hello there," and such for the next several pages. page 78 Natasha's loud laughter offstage. page 78 My note is not a good one. I noted some sound, but the stage directions note "a second one goes off. I'm not sure what that means. Solyony mentions it is twelve thirty. Maybe it was a clock. page 83 The violinst and harpist enter. It isn't indicated that they are playing. page 86 [Distant sound of a gunshot] page 88 Military band plays off in the distance. Maybe a military style snare, although they mention music often, so it may need to be more. Sound cue ends: It fades slowly on page 90 during the entrances and presumably before the last two lines.