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The Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov

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Apr 07, 2018 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: scripts, classics, россия, theatre, chekhov

"Life has gone by as if I never lived"
THE CHERRY ORCHARD ~~~ Anton Chekhov

I've read THE CHERRY ORCHARD many times, but for the first time I had the realization that it was written by a man who knew he was dying. The dying Chekhov realized he was part of a dying breed in a dying country. And while he had no idea what lie ahead, he knew change was coming to Mother Russia.

What matters in Chekhov’s last play, and in Trevor Griffiths translation, is way that chance affects our lives; the unpredic ...more

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Jan 30, 2022 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: chekhov, scripts, theatre, россия, classics

Andrew Upton’s translation is wonderful!

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Jan 01, 2012 Cait rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, read-in-2012, the-plays-the-thing

I fell asleep twice while reading this play (and it's not that long). It felt so choppy, like there were 10 different conversations going on at the same time, none of them related. My interest picked up in the second half though, and I liked the ending. I'd love to experience this on stage and see if I came away with a better opinion of it. ...more

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Jan 18, 2010 Laura rated it really liked it

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Sep 10, 2023 Kai Coates rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In the great Stanislavski/Chekhov debate on whether this is a comedy or a drama, I find myself siding with Chekhov (comedy). I was a little surprised by how funny I thought parts of it were - mostly a vaudevillian type of humor, but some lovely dark stuff too:

YEPIKHODOV: I'm an educated man, I read various remarkable books, but I cannot understand the direction I myself want to go--whether to live or to shoot myself, as it were. So, in case, I always carry a revolver about with me. Here it is. ( ...more

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