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Chekhov and After

BBC Radio 3
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The third play in this series is a 1974 production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, broadcast tonight as a tribute to Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies who died recently.
(Final play on Tuesday 8.55pm)
Drama: page 8

Contributors

Author:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
Richard Cottrell
Director:
John Tydeman
Madame Ranyevskaya:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Varya:
Anna Massey
Lopachin:
Kenneth Haigh
Gaev:
Robert Harris
Charlotta:
Patricia Routledge
Anya:
Sinead Cusack
Trofimov:
Terry Scully
Simeonov-Pishchik:
Timothy Bateson
Yepixodov:
Andrew Sachs
Doonyasha:
Elizabeth Revill
Firs:
Rolf Lefebvre
Yasha:
Hugh Ross
Source: Radio Times

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