2005 Fallen Angels

Publicity photograph, Sunday 20 September 2005

30th November to 3rd December 2005 - The Cherry Orchard - by Anton Chekhov

Co-Directed by Lesley Keetley & John Adams

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Anton Chekov completed "The Cherry Orchard" late in 1902, by now seriously ill with tuberculosis, and sent it off to The Moscow Arts Theatre. It was not a happy production. He himself perceived the play as a Comedy, but Stanislavsky, his director, insisted that it was a tragedy. The two continued working at cross purposes till the bitter end. In spite of, or perhaps because of, this disagreement, the opening in 1904 was an immediate and immense success. Indeed, "The Cherry Orchard" demonstrates an exquisite balance of tragedy and farce with which Chekhov so skilfully imbued his mature plays.

Three months later, quite near death, Chekhov went to a German Spa on the orders of his Doctor, where he died in the July. He was just 44 years of age.

Dunyasha, the chambermaid

Yermolay Lopakhin, a businessman

Yepikhodov, the estate clerk

Firs, the old footman, aged 87

Anya, Ranyevsakaya's daughter

Lyuba Ranyevskaya, a landowner

Charlotta Ivanovna, the governess

Varya, Ranyevsakaya's adopted daughter

Lenya Gayev, Ranyevsakaya's brother

Simeonov-Pischik, a landowner

Yasha, the young footman

Petya Trofimov, a student