Chekhov’s masterpiece, «The Cherry Orchard», generally considered as his greatest play, is a tragic tale of changing eras and generations.The generation of Lyubov Ranevskaya and her brother, Gayev, sentimental and impractical Russian nobles, is fading. They struggle to adapt to their new social and personal responsibilities and thus are forced to give way to the motion of time and progress represented by a well-off businessman, Yermolai Lopakhin. A beautiful story of nostalgia is carefully preserved in production directed by Igor Ilyinsky.
Performance Director- Igor Iliyinskiy
Director – Zinaida Andreeva
Designer – Vladimir Klotz
Premiere – January 2nd, 1982
The play is revived for the first time on December 22nd, 1988
The play is revived for the second time on February 9th, 2013
Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Suitable for 12+yrs
A comedy in 4 acts
The performance runs with one intermission
Roles and actors:
Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya,a landowner People's Artist of Russia Svetlana Amanova
Anya, Lyubov's daughter Honored Artist of Russia Varvara Andreeva Daria Shevchuk
Varya, Lyubov's adopted daughter Irina Zheryakova Alyona Kolesnikova
Leonid Andreieveitch Gayev, the brother of Madame Ranevskaya People's Artist of Russia Valeriy Babyatinskiy
Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin, a merchant Honored Artist of Russia Aleksey Faddeev
Pyotr Trofimov, a student Stepan Korshunov Mikhail Martyanov Evgeniy Sorokin
Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik, a landowner People's Artist of Russia Sergey Eremeev
Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess Honored Artist of Russia Lyudmila Shcherbinina
Semyon Yepikhodov, a clerk Dmitriy Marin Aleksey Dubrovskiy
Dunyasha, a housemaid Lyubov Eshchenko Olga Abramova
Firs, a manservant Recipient of multiple USSR State Prizes and the State Prizes of the Russian Federation , People's Artist of Russia Yuri Kayurov
People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Dubroskiy
Yasha, a young manservant Pyotr Zhikharev
The Stationmaster Andrey Manke Igor Grigoriev
Guests Honored Artist of Russia Irina Telpugova Nataliya Boronina Ekaterina Vasilyeva Anna Zharova Nataliya Kalinina Alina Kirillina Valeriya Knyazeva Yulia Safronova Aleksey Anokhin Evgeniy Aranovskiy Igor Grigoriev Evgeniy Sorokin Grigoriy Skryapkin Stanislav Soshnikov Konstantin Yudaev Sergey Vidineev Alexander Nikiforov Maksim Filatov Evgeniy Voronov Mariya Kriventseva Ekaterina Kazakova Dmitriy Krivosheev Vladimir Alekseev