A major new interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece.
It is her solution - and Chekhov's. This new version of The Cherry Orchard by Pam Gems opened at the Crucible, Sheffield in March 2007.
The Cherry Orchard was written by Chekhov as a comedy, but directed by Stanislavski as a tragedy on its premier.
THE STORY: The action takes place at the country estate of Madame Ranevskaya, an estate famed for its beautiful cherry orchard--and soon to be sold at auction unless the delinquent taxes are paid.
Mamet's ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing . . . . This is a tribute to its strong point of view and clear point of departure.
For decades after its first performance in 1904, Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard fomented controversy among producers, actors, critics, and audiences. Along with its intrinsic textual richness, linguistic power, and...
Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes (Hackett), this edition of The Cherry Orchard features Carnicke's groundbreaking translation of a play that has been called Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup ...
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov in a version by Andrew Upton, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in May 2011.
Vakhtangov's remarks suggest a new approach to Chekhov, but one that wouldn't be applied to The Cherry Orchard for several years. When the new generation of directors turned to Chekhov, they concentrated on his farces and vaudevilles, ...
This edition is the perfect guide to enriching our understanding of this great dramatist or to staging a production.
Chekhov's great tragicomic eulogy for a passing way of life represents, according to Robert Brustein, "some kind of powerful culmination of all his dramas up to that time.