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The Cherry Orchard
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Cherry Orchard
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anton Chekhov
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Translated by Andrew Upton
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:96 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126 |
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Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571277681
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Classifications | Dewey:891.723 |
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Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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Publication Date |
19 May 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Ranyevskaya returns more or less bankrupt after ten years abroad. Luxuriating in her fading moneyed world and regardless of the increasingly hostile forces outside, she and her brother snub the lucrative scheme of Lopakhin, a peasant turned entrepreneur, to save the family estate. In so doing, they put up their lives to auction and seal the fate of the beloved orchard. Set at the very start of the twentieth century, The Cherry Orchard captures a poignant moment in Russia's history as the country rolls inexorably towards 1917.
Author Biography
Andrew Upton is Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company, where his first play, Hanging Man, was staged in 2002, followed by Riflemind in 2007. He has adapted a number of classics for the company, and in 2007 his version of Gorky's Philistines was seen at the National Theatre in London, followed by Bulgakov's The White Guard. He wrote the films Bangers (1999), which he also directed, and Gone (2006), and the libretto for Alan John's opera Through the Looking Glass (2008).
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