The Cherry Orchard
Published on 30. October 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-1-85459-412-9 (ISBN)
Description
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Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
Aristocratic landowner Ranevskaya can no longer afford to keep her childhood home with its beautiful but barren cherry orchard. She rejects the compromise offered by Lopakhin, a local businessman, to cut down the orchard and sell the land for holiday homes. Eventually Ranevskaya and her family are forced to leave the estate which Lopakhin has now bought.
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard was first staged at the Moscow Art Theatre in January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky.
This translation by Stephen Mulrine, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, was first performed by English Touring Theatre in 2000.
Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.
Aristocratic landowner Ranevskaya can no longer afford to keep her childhood home with its beautiful but barren cherry orchard. She rejects the compromise offered by Lopakhin, a local businessman, to cut down the orchard and sell the land for holiday homes. Eventually Ranevskaya and her family are forced to leave the estate which Lopakhin has now bought.
Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard was first staged at the Moscow Art Theatre in January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavsky.
This translation by Stephen Mulrine, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, was first performed by English Touring Theatre in 2000.
Reviews / Votes
'Stephen Mulrine's spry, accomplished translation succeeds in bringing out the comedy of the piece without sacrificing its pathos. The mood moves from merriment to melancholy (and back again) in compelling, quicksilver fashion' -- Alex Ramon * British Theatre Guide * 'Mulrine's translation captures the turn of the century feeling without being fussy' * thepublicreviews.com *More details
Series
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-412-9 (9781854594129)
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The Cherry Orchard
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Persons
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a physician by training, is now considered the most notable 20th-century Russian dramatist. His major plays, all staged by Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre, helped establish psychological realism in European theatre.
Stephen Mulrine (1937-2020) was a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who wrote extensively for radio and television, and published many translations, including English translations of plays in Russian by Chekhov, Gogol and Gorky, as well as translations of plays by Ibsen, Moliere, Pirandello, Strindberg and others.
Stephen Mulrine (1937-2020) was a Glasgow-born poet and playwright who wrote extensively for radio and television, and published many translations, including English translations of plays in Russian by Chekhov, Gogol and Gorky, as well as translations of plays by Ibsen, Moliere, Pirandello, Strindberg and others.