The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov, Peter Gill (Adapted by)

Overview

Peter Gill’s luminous version of The Cherry Orchard brings the psychological realism of Chekhov’s characters into sharp focus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783190423
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/29/2014
Series:	Oberon Modern Plays
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Peter Gill's plays include The Sleeper's Den, Over Gardens Out and Small Change, all first produced at the Royal Court Theatre, and Mean Tears / In the Blue, Kick for Touch and Cardiff East, all produced at the RNT. In 1964 he became Assistant Director at the Royal Court Theatre, and has since directed over 80 productions in the UK, Europe and North America. He founded the RNT Studio in 1984, since when he has been an Associate Director of the RNT.

What People are Saying About This

James Parer

"Carnicke's Cherry Orchard is direct, easily accessible to young American students, and mercifully free of all that blather that mucks up so much of the other versions that I know." --(James Parker, Late Professor of Theatre, Virginia Commonwealth University)

Editorial Reviews

Jean-Claude van Itallie's adaptation is splendid, colloquial without being cute, simple, moving, funny.

Village Voice

I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like this production on a stage before—I left the Beaumont exhilarated.

NY Times

...a new, faithful, very playable and gorgeous translation by Jean-Claude van Itallie.

NY Post

"Senelick . . . has done his job as scholar and translator nearly to perfection."— Weekly Standard

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