by Anton Chekhov · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571141999
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«The Cherry Orchard» is the play by Anton Chekhov, published by Faber & Faber in paperback (54 pages, in English).
The play centres on a Russian aristocratic family returning to their debt-ridden estate, while the emblematic cherry orchard is in danger of being auctioned off. Amid nostalgia and attempts to save it, the characters embody the clash between the old rural order and the industrial Russia of the early 20th century. It was Chekhov's last work.
It is a comedy in four acts in an English version by Trevor Griffiths based on the translation by Helen Rappaport.
For those who enjoy classical theatre and are interested in Russian drama.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short story writer. Widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time, his career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
