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The cherry orchard

Chekhov, AntonMurphy, Tom(Adapted by)
Part of the Modern Plays series
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Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them.

Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively.

Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism.

It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness.

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Methuen Drama
0413774031 / 9780413774033
Paperback / softback
822.914
05/02/2004
United Kingdom
English
96 p.
20 cm
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