{"product_id":"the-cherry-orchard-paperback-15","title":"The Cherry Orchard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Frayn's translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive...will be acted again and again\" (New Statesman) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt and when urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they are confronted by an impossible decision. \"At the time when The Cherry Orchard was written, the years before the revolution of 1905, Chekhov considered revolution in Russia irreversible and desirable.\" (Melchinger: Anton Chekhov)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) first turned to writing as a medical student at Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1884. Among his early plays were short monologues (\u003ci\u003eThe Evils of Tobacco\u003c\/i\u003e, 1885), one-act farces such as \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e (1888-89) and the 'Platonov' material, adapted by Michael Frayn as \u003ci\u003eWild Honey\u003c\/i\u003e. The first three full-length plays to be stage, \u003ci\u003eIvanov\u003c\/i\u003e (1887), \u003ci\u003eThe Wood Demon\u003c\/i\u003e (1889) and \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) were initially failures. But the Moscow Arts Theatre's revival of \u003ci\u003eThe Seagull\u003c\/i\u003e two years later was successful and was followed by his masterpieces, \u003ci\u003eUncle Vanya\u003c\/i\u003e (1889), \u003ci\u003eThree Sisters \u003c\/i\u003e(1901), and \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e in 1904, the year of his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.2 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219830980857,"sku":"9780413393401","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/taNpmSY7oE9780413393401.webp?v=1768170343","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-cherry-orchard-paperback-15","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}