Reza de Wet plays have drawn on Russian author Anton Chekhov as inspiration. DRIE SUSTERS TWEE (THREE SISTERS TWO) have the characters of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS moving to the structure and rhythm of THE CHERRY ORCHARD. The shadowy undertow of UNCLE VANYA, so carefully concealed behind Chekhov's lively dialogues, became the expressionistic spirit in the award winning YELENA. This year, opening at the National Arts festival, de Wet's ON THE LAKE borrowed from THE SEAGULL, recalling the life of the actress Nina, who longs for freedom; Madame Arkadina, losing the battle against the passing of youth; and Polina, whose life consists of dashed
Cherry Sisters mentioned in "Changing Husbands" (1924), when Leatrice Joy, who wants to become a performer, says she thinks she is so good she can "make Mrs. Fiske look like the Cherry Sisters." The story of the Cherry Sisters is featured as one of the segments in Season 4, Episode 11 of Comedy Central's show "Drunk History". The Cherry Sisters are mentioned in Mae West's "She Done Him Wrong" (1933), when she visits Sing-Sing Prison to see an old flame. The Cherry Sisters was mentioned in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, season 8, The Keystone Constables. Cherry Sisters The Cherry Sisters –