| The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts Contributor(s): Chekhov, Anton (Author), Stoppard, Tom (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802144098 ISBN-13: 9780802144096 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Tom Murphy's Irish vernacular adaptation of Chekhov's most popular play allows us to re-imagine the events in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism, giving "The Cherry Orchard" a vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness. Tom Murphy is an award-winning Irish playwright whose work includes "The Sanctuary," "Bailegangaire," and "The Wake," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Drama | European - General |
| Dewey: 812.6 |
| LCCN: 2009284367 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.2" (0.21 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anton Chekhov was a master whose daring work revolutionized theatre. Robert Burstein declared that "there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role." In The Cherry Orchard, his last full-length play, an impoverished landowning family is unable to face the fact that their estate is about to be auctioned off. Lopakhin, a local merchant, presents numerous options to save it, including cutting down their prized cherry orchard. But the family is stricken with denial. The Cherry Orchard charts the precipitous descent of a wealthy family and in the process creates a bold meditation on social change and bourgeois materialism. |