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The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov
Frank Dwyer
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Chekhov's masterful last play, The Cherry Orchard, is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world. Alternately touching and farcical, this subtle, intelligent play stars the incomparable Marsha Mason.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring: Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya, Hector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich Gayev, Michael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin, Jennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna), Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov, Christy Keefe as Anya Ranyevskaya, Amy Pietz as Varya Ranyevskaya, Jordan Baker as Charlotta Ivanovna, Jeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-Pischick, Charles Durning as Feers, John Chardiet as Yasha, Tim DeKay as Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov, John Chardiet as Passer-By. Translated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders. Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

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    January 1, 2001

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      • ISBN: 9781580814300
      • File size: 50388 KB
      • Duration: 01:44:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Only the Russians could have called Chekhov's last play a comedy. This L.A. Theatre Works production leans more heavily on the dramatic, even tragic, elements of the play. Marsh Mason is particularly strong as Ranevskaya, who has returned to her beloved estate several years after her young son drowned there, only to watch it slip from the family's hands. Hector Elizondo, as Ranevskaya's brother, is an excellent supporting character, as is Michael Cristofer as the wealthy neighbor who ultimately buys the property. The lone clunker in the cast is Jennifer Tilley, who is entirely inappropriate for her small role. D.B. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Madame Ranyevskaya and her daughter, Anya, have returned to Russia from Paris to find their estate caught in a swiftly changing world. First performed in Moscow in 1904, Chekhov's dramatization of the collapse of the Russian aristocracy is a cornerstone of modern literature. In this 1974 BBC classic, British radio acting styles meet the classic stage, and the result may sound a bit stuffy to contemporary ears. No matter how Russian the names and phrases may be, they are spoken with decidedly upper-crust British accents. Still one can almost see the characters sitting in period costumes in the drawing room. Like many of the world's finest works, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, with its timeless dialogue and images, adapts well to audio theater. B.P. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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