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 народная артистка России Svetlana Amanova
Anya, Lyubov's daughter заслуженная артистка России Varvara Andreeva Анастасия Ермошина
Varya, Lyubov's adopted daughter Irina Zheryakova Alyona Kolesnikova
Leonid Andreieveitch Gayev, the brother of Madame Ranevskaya народный артист России Valeriy Babyatinskiy заслуженный артист России Alexander Titorenko
Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin, a merchant заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Pyotr Trofimov, a student Mikhail Martyanov Stanislav Soshnikov
Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik, a landowner народный артист России Sergey Eremeev
Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess заслуженная артистка России Lyudmila Shcherbinina заслуженная артистка России Varvara Andreeva
Semyon Yepikhodov, a clerk заслуженный артист России Aleksey Dubrovskiy Mikhail Zubarev
Dunyasha, a housemaid Lyubov Eshchenko Olga Abramova Ekaterina Kazakova
Firs, a manservant народный артист России Vladimir Dubroskiy Viktor Andrianov
Yasha, a young manservant Pyotr Zhikharev Ignatiy Kuznetsov
The Stationmaster Andrey Manke Igor Grigoriev
Guests заслуженная артистка России Irina Telpugova Nataliya Boronina Anna Zharova Nataliya Kalinina Valeriya Knyazeva Yulia Safronova Елизавета Долбникова Aleksey Anokhin Evgeniy Aranovskiy Иван Трушин Sergey Vidineev Alexander Nikiforov Dmitry Safonov Evgeniy Voronov Mariya Kriventseva Ekaterina Kazakova Dmitriy Krivosheev Vladimir Alekseev Ekaterina Biks Kirill Shvartsenberg Denis Kornuch Николай Глебов Алексей Мишин
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
Roles and actors
Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya,a landowner народная артистка России Svetlana Amanova
Anya, Lyubov's daughter заслуженная артистка России Varvara Andreeva Анастасия Ермошина
Varya, Lyubov's adopted daughter Irina Zheryakova Alyona Kolesnikova
Leonid Andreieveitch Gayev, the brother of Madame Ranevskaya народный артист России Valeriy Babyatinskiy заслуженный артист России Alexander Titorenko
Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin, a merchant заслуженный артист России Aleksey Faddeev
Pyotr Trofimov, a student Mikhail Martyanov Stanislav Soshnikov
Boris Borisovich Simeonov-Pishchik, a landowner народный артист России Sergey Eremeev
Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess заслуженная артистка России Lyudmila Shcherbinina заслуженная артистка России Varvara Andreeva
Semyon Yepikhodov, a clerk заслуженный артист России Aleksey Dubrovskiy Mikhail Zubarev
Dunyasha, a housemaid Lyubov Eshchenko Olga Abramova Ekaterina Kazakova
Firs, a manservant народный артист России Vladimir Dubroskiy Viktor Andrianov
Yasha, a young manservant Pyotr Zhikharev Ignatiy Kuznetsov
The Stationmaster Andrey Manke Igor Grigoriev
Guests заслуженная артистка России Irina Telpugova Nataliya Boronina Anna Zharova Nataliya Kalinina Valeriya Knyazeva Yulia Safronova Елизавета Долбникова Aleksey Anokhin Evgeniy Aranovskiy Иван Трушин Sergey Vidineev Alexander Nikiforov Dmitry Safonov Evgeniy Voronov Mariya Kriventseva Ekaterina Kazakova Dmitriy Krivosheev Vladimir Alekseev Ekaterina Biks Kirill Shvartsenberg Denis Kornuch Николай Глебов Алексей Мишин