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Loading... The Cherry Orchard (Modern Plays) (edition 2004)by Tom Murphy (Adapter), Anton Chekhov (Author)
Work InformationThe cherry orchard {Tom Murphy} by Anton Chekhov (Original author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I enjoyed reading it. Seems like the type of play that is best performed, though, and not read to oneself. ( ) in this play a Russian aristocratic family having financial problems and sinking in a large debt, due to the social disturbances and political transformations in the early twentieth century.,were forced to sell their Cherry Orchard, ,which wasn't an ordinary Orchard but the most beautiful one in the entire estate.... while family members are busy at a ceremony inside the palace, their orchard is being sold, in this scene Chekhov emphasize the exaggerated the sensation of indifference,their Loss of orchard was clear to all of their friends , however they were busy with their ceremony .not aware of the deception and the regret they would feel,after recognizing how Yermolay was unfaithful,and that all what he cared with was the revenge.... and to forget his past , his childhood memories of being a peasant .. ...and how it changed after he owned the Orchard ..... the Cherry Orchard for Yermolay.was a dream that come true..... but in general i found it somehow boring,there was scenes that i think was repetitive and unnecessary and ..... Having already read Chekhov's Ivanov, I founded myself comparing the two as a bit and enjoying this play more. It's about a family who is losing their wealth and needs to sell their cherry orchard, and I thought that was much more relatable than the story of Ivanov.The one thing that I really enjoyed about this play was the sense of memory that I got while I was reading it. I think Chekhov did a good job of showing why this place was important to the family. I got a sense that there was a lot of sorrow about losing the orchard, but in some ways he very much incorporated the hope for the future which I enjoyed. Overall I'd say it's a really good story about family and we hold certain places dear to us. My only complaint is that at times the names got a bit confusing. no reviews | add a review
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Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness. No library descriptions found.
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