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The
Cherry Orchard
A
Comedy in Four Acts by Anton Chekhov
Performed
at
The National Theatre, London
Opened at the Cotteslow Theatre
on 21st September 2000
Transferred to the Olivier Theatre
on 3rd February 2001
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Pictures from
The Cherry Orchard
(please click on
each picture for a larger version)
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Roger
as Lopakhin
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Roger Allam
as Lopakhin and
Vanessa Redgrave as Ranevskaya |
Roger with Trevor
Nunn during rehearsals |
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| CAST: |
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| Dunyasha,
a housemaid |
Maxine
Peake |
| Lopakhin
(Yermolai Alekseyevich), a
businessman |
Roger
Allam |
| Yepikhodov
(Semyon Panteleyevich), a
bookkeeper |
Richard
Henders |
| Firs,
a servant |
Michael
Bryant |
| Anya,
Ranevskaya's daughter |
Charlotte
Emmerson |
| Ranevskaya
(Lyubov Andreyevna), a landowner |
Vanessa
Redgrave |
| Varya,
her adopted daughter |
Eve
Best |
| Gaev
(Leonid Andreyevich), Ranevskaya's
brother |
Corin
Redgrave/Stephen Moore |
| Yasha,
Ranevskaya's valet |
James
Thornton |
| Simeonov-Pischik,
a landowner |
William
Gaunt |
| Charlotta
Ivanovna, a governess |
Suzanne
Bertish |
| Trofimov
(Pyotr Sergeyevich - Petya), a student |
Ben
Miles |
| A Traveller |
Gary
Oliver |
| The
Station Master |
Seymour
Matthews |
| The
Post Office Clerk |
Peter
Eastland |
| Members
of the household and party guests |
Kate
Dyson
Michael Gardiner
John Harwood
Rebekah McGowan
Jennifer Scott-Malden
Katie Wimpenny |
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| TECHNICAL
TEAM: |
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| Director |
Trevor
Nunn |
| Designer |
Maria
Björnson |
| Original
Lighting Designer |
Hugh
Vanstone |
| Lighting
Designer for Olivier production |
Simon
Fraulo |
| Music |
Steven
Edis |
| Choreographer |
Jane
Gibson |
| Sound
Designer |
Paul
Groothuis |
| Company
Voice Work |
Patsy
Rodenburg |
| Director's
Associate |
Stephen
Rayne |
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| What's
This Play About? |
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| Corin
Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave play brother
and sister, Leonid and Lyubov, in a new
production of Chekhov's final and greatest
play. They are part of an outstanding
cast, many of whom have been seen recently
in leading roles at the National.
The Gaev family
face bankruptcy and the loss of their
estate. Even so, they refuse to sell
their largest asset, their famous
cherry orchard.
The old world
is giving way to the new, but the
Gaevs seem not to have noticed the
bewildering changes in the Russian
way of life. The fate of the beautiful
orchard becomes a symbol of the fate
of all of the characters in this unassailable
masterpiece. |
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