The Cherry Orchard is a 1903 play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. While Chekhov described the play as a comedy or farce, many productions have treated the work as a tragedy. The play centers on an aristocratic landowner who is facing the auction of her family estate and the destruction of its beloved cherry orchard. The Cherry Orchard explores themes of the falling aristocracy due to social change in Russia, the abolition of serfdom, and cultural identity.
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
The son of a grocer, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born into a family of modest means in Taganrog, Russia, in 1860. Anton's father, Pavel, made some unsound busine...
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The Russian author Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) is among the major short-story writers and dramatists of modern times.During the last half of the 19th century the old order in Russia was crumbl...
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Anton Chekhov is today one of the most widely known authors of nineteenth-century Russian literature. Appreciated not only in Russia and the West but also in Asia, he was a master of the short story, ...
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The director's main task is to find meaning in the text and convey that meaning to the audience. The art of the director is to radically re-interpret the classic text in order to make it relevant for ...
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The Cherry Orchard
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton (Pavlovich) Chekhov
