The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts / Anton Chekhov ; translated [from the Russian] and introduced by Michael Frayn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.

Contributor:

Frayn, Michael.

Series:

Methuen's theatre classics

Standardized Title:

Vishnevyĭ sad. English

Language:

English

Russian

Physical Description:

xxiv, 67 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Eyre Methuen, 1978.

Summary:

In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt and when urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they are confronted by an impossible decision. At the time when The Cherry Orchard was written, the years before the revolution of 1905, Chekhov considered revolution in Russia irreversible and desirable. (Melchinger- Anton Chekhov)''

Notes:

Translation of Vishnevyĭ sad.

ISBN:

0413393402 :

OCLC:

4465632