Details

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 ..

Cast/Performers

Julia Hills (Lyubov Ranevskaya), Eleanor Yates (Anya), Dorothea Myer-Bennett (Varya), Christopher Bianchi (Leonid Gaev), Simon Armstrong (Yermolai Lopakhin), Piers Wehner (Yasha), Paul Currier (Tramp), Benjamin O'Mahony (Trofimov), Roland Oliver (Simeonov-Pishchik), Saskia Portway (Charlotta Ivanovna), Paul Brendan (Yepikhodov), Gemma Lawrence (Dunyasha), Paul Nicholson (Firs)

Creatives/Company

Author: Anton Chekhov
Company: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
Translation: Stephen Mulrine
Director(s): Andrew Hilton, Dominic Power (associate director)
Design: Harriet de Winton
Music(s): Elizabeth Purnell, Elizabeth Purnell
Lighting: Matthew Graham