The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts -- Anton Chekhov

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 <i>The Cherry Orchard</i>, 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. <i>The Cherry Orchard</i> charts the precipitous descent of a wealthy family and in the process creates a bold meditation on social change and bourgeois materialism.<br><br><br><b>Author:</b> Anton Chekhov<br><b>Publisher:</b> Grove Press<br><b>Published:</b> 01/06/2009<br><b>Pages:</b> 128<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.21lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.20d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780802144096<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><br>Tom Stoppard's plays include <i>Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, Travesties, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia</i>, and <i>Rock 'n' Roll</i>. In addition to <i>The Cherry Orchard</i>, Stoppard has adapted Chekhov's <i>The Seagull</i> and <i>Ivanov</i>.<br></p>