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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798079803321

Autore

Gill Peter

Titolo

The cherry orchard : a comedy in four acts / / Anton Chekhov ; in a new version by Peter Gill ; from a literal translation by Ted Braun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Oberon Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78319-265-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

Oberon classics

Altri autori (Persone)

ChekhovAnton Pavlovich <1860-1904.>

Disciplina

822.92

Soggetti

Gentry - Russia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Characters; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV

Sommario/riassunto

First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, <i>The Cherry Orchard</i> remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov's last 'comedy' still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike. Peter Gill's luminous version brings the psychological realism of Chekhov's characters into sharp focus; fragile souls poised on the brink of happiness which never comes, or trapped in a void between the old world and the new.