The Cherry Orchard

Play :: show/work:S2768, production/tour:T1410078978

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15 May 08 to 7 Jun 08

The Cherry Orchard Play :: listing:L1323247912, production:T1410078978, show:S2768, venue: V719

Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester West Sussex

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The Cherry Orchard premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904, on Chekhov's 44th birthday and only six months before his death. Overjoyed at being back at her large country house Madame Ranyevskaya is reassured to find the cherry orchard looking unchanged. But for how long? The family's wealth has gone and their only hope is to destroy the beloved orchard. The axes are ready to swing through the orchards of Russia ..
Performers Diana Rigg (Madame Ranevskaya), William Gaunt (Gayev, Jemma Redgrave (Varya), Maureen Lipman (Caarlotta), Natalie Cassidy (Dunyasha), Paul Chahidi, John Davitt, Frank Finlay, Oliver Kieran-Jones, Christopher Mellows, John Nettleton. Author Anton Chekhov. Corporate Sponsor Jackson-Stops and Staff. Producer Chichester Festival Theatre. Director Philip Franks. Design Leslie Travers. Lighting Rick Fisher. Musical Director Matthew Scott. Sound John Leonard. Choreographer Marguerite Porter.