The Cherry Orchard (Thrift Editions)

by Anton Chekhov (Author), Anton Chekhov (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.44

• Used

  Paperback
  1989

  $3.97

  A new English version of Chekhov's last play, this interpretation emphasizes the stirrings of the Russian people against Russian despotism, and avoids the stilted drawing-room style of standard English translations. Trevor Griffiths' other works include Comedians and Reds .

• New

  Paperback
  1978

  $13.67

  Frayn's translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive...will be acted again and again (New Statesman) In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt and when urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they are confronted by an impossible decision. At the time when The Cherry Orchard was written, the years before the revolution of 1905, Chekhov considered revolution in Russia irreversible and desirable. (Melchinger: Anton Chekhov)