LAST Saturday, I visited Wilmslow Green Room for the first time.

John Chidgey, well known for directing plays at the Garrick and Altrincham Little Theatre, was directing We are Three Sisters.

Whilst Blake Morrison’s play has echoes of Chekhov’s Three Sisters — both families have a feckless brother and both long to visit their capital city and be independent — the focus is on Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte.

The sisters dream of literary fame as they scribble their stories at night.

Jennifer Brooks’ Anne, Isabelle Greensmith’s Emily and Melanie Beswick’s forthright Charlotte, reflect well the differences and similarities of the sisters.

Their contemplation is knocked flat by the carryings-on of Lydia Robinson, Bramwell’s married mistress, played with erotic liveliness by Abby Cross. Her sexual energy bears down uncomfortably on the three literary sisters.

Her man appeal is only excelled by her cruelty.

The acting skills in this well-directed piece excel. Those who play the Bronte sisters illustrate well their captured, frustrated existence and, although three men cross their lives, they don’t succumb to love.

Whilst Branwell (Ted Walker) is freer than them, he turns to the bottle so that his life is also ruined.

Blake Morrison’s script is a bit wordy and his inclusion of the alcoholic doctor, well illustrated by Ian Fensome, affects the impact of Bramwell’s inebriation.

* We are Three Sisters is at the Wilmslow Green Room until Saturday and at Quarry Bank Mill, Styal on July 6 and 7.

Tickets for Wilmslow Green Room from 01625 540933 and for Quarry Bank from 01625 527 468. Star rating: ****