The Cherry Orchard
From: Tuesday, 10th May 2011
To: Saturday, 13 August 2011
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Synopsis
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 ..
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 18 May 2011
The first two productions of The Cherry Orchard the National Theatre ever did (by Michael Blakemore and Peter Hall, in 1973 and 1978) were done in accurate translations by two Russian-speakers, Ronald Hingley and Michael Frayn. It’s all gone a bit looser since, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, unless you’re a purist.
This new version by Aussie writer Andrew Upton – who runs the Sydney Theatre Company with his wife, Cate Blanchett – gives Lopakhin (Conleth Hill) a couple of “bollocks” and “bloodies” in the first scene, followed later by “I’ve told you a thousand frigging times”; Yasha (Gerald Kyd) a quotation from a Nina Simone song further popularised by the Animals (“Oh, please don’t let me be misunderstood”); and Gaev (James Laurenson) a general outburst of “pongs” and “poohs” and “you whiffy crap artist.”
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Latest User Review
Liz - 8 September 2011:
We left at the interval. The stage was too big and there seemed to be no bond between the actors. As if a bunch of teenagers were given Shakespeare and told to get on with it without direction. Was a real shame. ...
Cast
Zoe Wanamaker (Madame Ranevskaya)
Conleth Hill (Lopakhin)
Claudie Blakley
Mark Bonnar
Pip Carter
Gerald Kyd
James Laurenson
Tim McMullan
Emily Taaffe
Charity Wakefield
Sarah Woodward
Kenneth Cranham
Paul Dodds
Craige Els
Mark Fleischmann
Colin Haigh
Jessica Regan
Tim Samuels
Stephanie Thomas
Joseph Thompson
Rosie Thomson
Ellie Turner
Creative
Anton Chekhov (Author)
National Theatre (Producer)
Andrew Upton (Adaptation)
Howard Davies (Director)
Bunny Christie (Design)
Neil Austin (Lighting)
Dominic Muldowney (Music)
Paul Groothuis (Sound)
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