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The Friday Play

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The Cherry Orchard by ANTON CHEKHOV translated from the Russian by RICHARD COTTRELL. With and The action takes place on the estate of Madame Ranyevskaya between
May and October around the turn of the century.
Producer JOHN TYDEMAN (First broadcast in 1974)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Unknown:
Richard Cottrell.
Unknown:
Madame Ranyevskaya
Producer:
John Tydeman
Madame:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Varya:
Anna Massey
Lopachin:
Kenneth Haigh
Gaev:
Robert Harris
Charolotta:
Patricia Routledge
Anya:
Sinead Cusack
Trofimov:
Terry Scully
Simeonov-Pishchik, a landowner:
Timothy Bateson
Yepixodov, a clerk:
Andrew Sachs
Doonyasha, a maid:
Elizabeth Revill
Firs, an old manservant:
Rolf Lefebvre
Yasha, a young manservant:
Hugh Ross
Source: Radio Times

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