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The Cherry Orchard

on BBC One London

by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Elisaveta Fen
A Play of the Month presentation

Madame Ranyevskaya returns to Russia after some years in Paris and finds that the family estate has gone to seed. Can the precious Cherry Orchard be saved from the axe?

(Colour)

Contributors

Author:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
Elisaveta Fen
Choreographer:
Geraldine Stephenson
Costumes:
John Bloomfield
Lighting:
Robert Wright
Script Editor:
Rosemary Hill
Designer:
Natasha Kroll
Producer:
Gerald Savory
Director:
Cedric Messina
Anya, Mme Ranyevskaya's daughter:
Jenny Agutter
Yasha, her servant:
Ray Brooks
Yepihodov, her clerk:
Laurence Carter
Trofimov, the tutor:
Christopher Gable
Gayev, her brother:
Charles Gray
Mme Ranyevskaya:
Celia Johnson
Varya, her adopted daughter:
Gemma Jones
Pishchik, her neighbour:
Hugh Manning
Doonyasha, her maid:
Adrienne Posta
Feers, an old retainer:
Cyril Shaps
A soldier:
David Spenser
Carlotta, the governess:
Mary Wimbush
Lopakhin, a wealthy landowner:
Edward Woodward

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