First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by
Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the
theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of
forty-four, Chekhov's last 'comedy' still ranks supreme as a human
tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike.
Peter Gill's luminous version brings the psychological realism of
Chekhov's characters into sharp focus; fragile souls poised on the brink
of happiness which never comes, or trapped in a void between the old
world and the new.