The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard
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Author: Anton Chekhov
Translator: Tom Stoppard
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-06
ISBN: 0802144098
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Grove Press

Book Reviews of The Cherry Orchard

Book Review: If It's Chekhov, It Must Be a Comedy
Summary: 4 Stars

I don't think even a seasoned theatre goer could sit through this play if it were directed a drama. I imagine all the brooding speeches, unmotivated pauses, and the inevitable "gloom" of chopping down the cherry trees. The comedy is indeed dark, but sheer silliness abounds with the brother and his imaginary pool shooting, the governess and her magic, and foolishness of Madame Ranevsky. Only two moments are purely dramatic and poignant: the reaction of Ranevsky when Lopakhin purchases the estate, and the death of Firs.

Summary of The Cherry Orchard

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.

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