Article: Thawing out the snoots; Joe Dowling finds the weepy heartbreak of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" and uses it to warm up the siblings - a little.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Byline: Rohan Preston; Staff Writer

Contemporary snobs owe a thing or two to the Prozorov sisters - Olga, Masha and Irina. The Chekhovian snoots bear their breeding in their carriage and mean manners. No one in their rural Russian community seems to appreciate their heritage, because the family has lost its wealth. And their sister-in-law comes in and runs roughshod all over the house they share with their brother.

Still, they have their education and attitude. That must count for something.

"It must," said actor Kathryn Meisle, who plays Masha in Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters," which opened at the Guthrie Theater this weekend. "Otherwise, how ...

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