Performance

VenueBirmingham Repertory Theatre
Other spaces: The Door
TownBirmingham
CountyWest Midlands
From18th February 2000
To26th February 2000
What is currently on at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (V143)

The Free State

T0812659769
A South African response to Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard which relocates the action from turn-of-the-century Russia to present day democratic South Africa in an enchanting and relevant new play, spiced with delicate humour and romance. The play looks at the lives of whites and blacks shifted irrevocable by their first democratic elections. With Mandela's victory, optimism and euphoria affects everyone and his spirit of reconciliation thrills the world. Dedicating her play to Mandela, Suzman ingeniously brings Chekhov's masterpiece right up to date in this powerful thought-provoking adaptation.

Archive :: production:T0812659769, play:S1190800542, venue:V143

Production details

Barclays Stage Partners

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Company

Company Fifth Amendment
Company Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Company West Yorkshire Playhouse
Performer Janet Suzman (Lulu Rademeyer)
Performer Jeffery Kisson
Performer Jack Klaff
Director Janet Suzman
Director Martin L Platt
Design Johan Engels
Lighting Tim Mitchell
Music Didi Kriel
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