Peter Gill, playwright and theatre director
Cherry Orchard
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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.

Credits
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
 

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