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Television World Theatre presents: The Cherry Orchard

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A comedy by Anton Chekhov.
Translated by Constance Garnett.
[Starring] Nora Swinburne and Paul Rogers
with Pauline Jameson, David Markham, David Horne, William Mervyn.
The action takes place on the estate of Madame Ranevsky in the early part of this century.
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Contributors

Author:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
Constance Garnett
Producer:
Harold Clayton
Dances arranged by:
Elizabeth West
Music arranged by:
James Hartley
Designer:
Fanny Taylor
Lopahin (Yermolay Alexeyevitch), a merchant:
Paul Rogers
Dunyasha, a maid:
Prunella Scales
Epihodov (Semyon Pantaleyevitch), a clerk:
Mike Morgan
Madame Ranevsky (Lyubov Andreyevna):
Nora Swinburne
Gaev (Leonid Andreyevitch), her brother:
William Mervyn
Anya, her daughter:
Josephine Stuart
Varya (Varvara Mihailovna), her adopted daughter:
Pauline Jameson
Firs an old servant:
Harold Scott
Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess:
Ilona Ference
Semyonov-Pishtchik, a landowner:
David Horne
Yasha, a valet:
Colin Jeavons
Troflmov (Pyotr Sergeyevitch) a student:
David Markham
A vagrant:
George A. Cooper
The Station Master:
Walter Horsbrugh
Also taking part:
Paul Bogdan
Also taking part:
Kay Clayton
Also taking part:
David Courtney
Also taking part:
Rita Davies
Also taking part:
Terry Dickinson
Also taking part:
Anne Dimitrievitch
Also taking part:
Lynne Furlong
Also taking part:
Terence Greenidge
Also taking part:
Alice Greenwood
Also taking part:
Rosemary Gunner
Also taking part:
Mark Hashfield
Also taking part:
John Herrington
Also taking part:
Ruth Kettlewell
Also taking part:
Joseph Levine
Also taking part:
Donald McCollum
Also taking part:
Priscilla Ogier
Also taking part:
Hilary Sesta
Also taking part:
John Tucker
Also taking part:
Diane Woolley

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