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The Cherry Orchard

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Translated by Constance Gamett from the Russian of Anton Tchekov
Adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham
Characters
(By permission of Ashley Dukes)
(By permission of Howard Wyndham and Bronson Albery)
(By permission of Sydney Carroll)

The action takes place on the estate of Madame Ranevsky
Production by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Translated By:
Constance Gamett
Unknown:
Anton Tchekov
Broadcasting By:
Barbara Burnham
Unknown:
Ashley Dukes
Unknown:
Howard Wyndham
Unknown:
Bronson Albery
Unknown:
Madame Ranevsky
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Madame Ranevsky, the owner of the Cherry Orchard:
Jeanne de Casalis
Anya, her daughter, aged 17:
Patricia Burke
Varya, her adopted daughter, aged 24:
Gwendolen Evans
Gaev, brother of Madame Ranevsky:
Robert Farquharson
Lopahin, a merchant:
William Devlin
Trofimov, a student:
Geoffrey Keen
Semyonov-Pishtchik, a landowner:
Frederick Lloyd
Epihodov, a clerk:
Ivor Barnard
Dunyasha, a maid:
Diana Beaumont
Firs, an old valet, aged 87:
H. O. Nicholson
Yasha, a young valet:
Noel Dryden
A Beggar:
Alexis Chesnakov

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National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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