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The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
Riverside Studios
Riverside Studios, 6 January 1978
Chekhov's characteristic genius and feeling for a society in transition are most fully expressed in his last great play, The Cherry Orchard. It is a comedy in a form peculiar to Chekhov and not easily defined, showing as it does fifteen widely differentiated characters in situations that are by turn farcical, tragic and romantic. Written in 1903, the year before he died, the play tells of an old family estate up for auction and how, with the sale, a whole way of life comes to an end.
The Cherry Orchard is supported by a grant from the Greater London Council.
| Charlotte | Eleanor Bron |
| Varya | Julie Covington |
| Lopakhin | Michael Elphick |
| Dunyasha | Elizabeth Estensen |
| Firs | George Howe |
| Anya | Caroline Langrishe |
| Yasha | Leigh Lawson |
| Gaev | Philip Locke |
| Ranevskaya | Judy Parfitt |
| The Wayfarer | Ron Pember |
| Simeonov-Pishchik | Wensley Pithey |
| Epihodov | David Pugh |
| Trofimov | Stephen Rea |
| Director | Peter Gill |
| Designer | William Dudley |
| Costumes | Pamela Howard |
| Lighting | Rory Dempster |