The Cherry Orchard: A Comedy in Four Acts

Anton Chekhov was a master whose daring work revolutionized theatre. Robert Burstein declared that "there are none who bring the drama to a higher realization of its human role." In The Cherry Orchard, his last full-length play, an impoverished landowning family is unable to face the fact that their estate is about to be auctioned off. Lopakhin, a local merchant, presents numerous options to save it, including cutting down their prized cherry orchard. But the family is stricken with denial. The Cherry Orchard charts the precipitous descent of a wealthy family and in the process creates a bold meditation on social change and bourgeois materialism.


Author: Anton Chekhov
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/06/2009
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780802144096