The Cherry Orchard - Paperback
by Laura Wade
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9781350668553ISBN-10:1350668559UPC:9781350668553Book Category:Performing Arts, DramaBook Subcategory:Theater, Adaptations, ContemporaryBook Topic:PlaywritingSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.123Product ID:SCW4EGHQGV
I was born here, my father and mother lived here and my grandfather before. I love this house - I am this house. If it really must be sold, then sell me with it.
Ranyevskaya and Lopakhin are giants at war over a cherished estate. Madame Ranyevskaya returns from five years in Paris to find her house crumbling under the weight of debt and memory and her beloved cherry orchard under threat. Attempting to mend her extravagance, Lopakhin, the son of a serf, insists that the family must sell it off. Beyond the orchard, people are starving and the aristocracy is in decline. As auction day approaches the household begins to panic. In this collision of past and future, it's dangerous to stand still when the world demands change. RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey directs Kenneth Branagh as Lopakhin, Helen Hunt as Ranyevskaya and Bill Pullman as Gaev in Laura Wade's vital new version of Anton Chekhov's great final play, tragic and comic in equal measure, set in a world tilting towards revolution. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere production at Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, in July 2026.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9781350668553ISBN-10:1350668559UPC:9781350668553Book Category:Performing Arts, DramaBook Subcategory:Theater, Adaptations, ContemporaryBook Topic:PlaywritingSize:7.81 x 5.06 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.123Product ID:SCW4EGHQGV
Laura Wade's plays include The Watsons (Chichester Festival Theatre and Menier Chocolate Factory), Home, I'm Darling (Theatr Clwyd, National Theatre and West End), Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith), Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wade's plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.
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