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    The Cherry Orchard
    The Cherry Orchard
    The Cherry Orchard
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    The Cherry Orchard

    Written by Anton Chekhov

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on directing the play as a tragedy. Since this initial production, directors have had to contend with the dual nature of this play.

    The play concerns an aristocratic Russian woman and her family as they return to the family's estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. The story presents themes of cultural futility — both the futility of the aristocracy to maintain its status and the futility of the bourgeoisie to find meaning in its new-found materialism. In reflecting the socio-economic forces at work in Russia at the turn of the 20th century, including the rise of the middle class after the abolition of serfdom in the mid-19th century and the sinking of the aristocracy, the play reflects forces at work around the globe in that period.
    (Summary from Wikipedia, edited by Elizabeth Klett)

    Cast:

    Mme. Ranevsky: Ruth Golding
    Anya: Arielle Lipshaw
    Varya: Elizabeth Klett
    Gaev: Lars Rolander
    Lopakhin: Andy Minter
    Trofimov: mb
    Simeonov-Pischin: Denny Sayers
    Charlotta: Anna Simon
    Epikhodov: hefyd
    Dunyasha: Tricia G
    Fiers: om123
    Yasha: Kim Stich
    Tramp: Musicalheart1
    Narrator: David Lawrence

    Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    Anton Chekhov

    Anton Chekhov was born in Taganrog, in southern Russia, and in his youth paid for his own education and supported his entire family by writing short, satirical sketches of Russian life. Though he eventually became a physician and once considered medicine his principal career, he continued to gain popularity and praise as a writer for various Russian newspapers, eventually authoring more literary work and ultimately his most well-known plays, including Ivanov, The Seagull, and Uncle Vanya. He died of tuberculosis in 1904, and is regarded as one of the best short story writers in history, influencing such authors as Ernest Hemingway, Vladimir Nabokov, and Raymond Carver.

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