num_pages: 91
description: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, in this unique adaptation of one of the great masterpieces of the theater, allows us to see Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" in totally new and surprising ways. As Mamet explains in his introduction, he views the play "as a series of scenes about sexuality and, particularly, frustrated sexuality" rather than about a dying Russia. The result, said 'The Sentinel,' "blows a gust of fresh air into the old play" while the Chicago Sun-Times called it "audacious [and] consistently arresting." "Mamet the adaptor has turned Chekhov's Cherry Orchard into a Mamet play. Mamet's ear is famously impeccable, the dialogue is always authentic and convincing . . . . This is a tribute to its strong point of view and clear point of departure. If nothing else, it will help to undermine our silly critical notions of 'definitive' Chekhov. Mamet has made me rethink the play." - Robert Brustein, 'The New Republic'
language: English
title: The Cherry Orchard
titlecomplete: The Cherry Orchard
characters: Varia, fiica adoptiva a Ranevskaiei, Epihodov Simion Panteleevici, contabil, Anya Andreyevna Ranevskaya, Firs, lacheu, Charlotta Ivanovna, guvernanta, Lopahin Iermolai Alexeevici, negustor, Duniasa, fata in casa, Gaev Leonid Andreevici, fratele Ranevskaiei, Trofimov Piotr Sergheevici, student, Simeonov-Piscik Boris Borisovici, mosier, Iasa, tinar lacheu, Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Russia, Russian Literature, School, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 38973
places: Moscow, Russian Federation
publisher: Grove Press