Anton Chekhov The Cherry Orchard


(3.5 stars; 4 reviews)

The Cherry Orchard 23 November 2018 Chekhov's celebrated stage play is given a new version by writer/composer duo, Katherine Tozer and John Chambers. Ranyevskya returns to the family estate after 5 years in Paris to face seemingly insurmountable debts. Local businessman Lopakhin is keen to offer her a way out but there'll be a price to pay. Ranyevskya ..... Emma Fielding Lopakhin ..... Neil Dudgeon Anya ..... Lucy Doyle Varya ..... Joan Iyiola Gayev ..... Dominic Coleman Peter ..... Nicholas Prasad Pishchik ..... Tony Turner Charlotte ..... Alexandra Constantinidi Yepikhodov ..... Matthew Wilson Dunyasha ..... Saffron Coomber Yasha ..... Liam Lau Fernandez Firs ..... Sean Murray The Tramp ..... Lewis Bray Music composed by John Chambers Directed by Toby Swift

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

The Cherry Orchard 1:27:43

Reviews

Enjoyably Frustrating!!!


(5 stars)

If I understood thre work correctly, it had 2 parallel realities running; one: the former aristocracy oblivious to their reality, trapped in the romance of their previous lives and the former commoners living in reality and grabbing opportunities. if I got it wrong then im not the one to make sense of a cacophony