The Cherry Orchard
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, Russian, Drama, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Peter Gill, Anton Chekhov | ISBN: | 9781783192656 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books | Publication: | August 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Gill, Anton Chekhov |
| ISBN: | 9781783192656 |
| Publisher: | Oberon Books |
| Publication: | August 7, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Oberon Books |
| Language: | English |
First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov’s last ‘comedy’ still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike. Peter Gill’s luminous version brings the psychological realism of Chekhov’s characters into sharp focus; fragile souls poised on the brink of happiness which never comes, or trapped in a void between the old world and the new.
First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov’s last ‘comedy’ still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike. Peter Gill’s luminous version brings the psychological realism of Chekhov’s characters into sharp focus; fragile souls poised on the brink of happiness which never comes, or trapped in a void between the old world and the new.
