![]() Unresponsive to offers to save the estate, she allows its sale to the son of a former serf the family leaves to the sound of the cherry orchard being cut down. ![]() The play revolves around an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate (which includes a large and well-known cherry orchard) just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. It is often identified as one of the three or four outstanding plays by Chekhov, along with The Seagull, Three Sisters, and Uncle Vanya. Since its first production, directors have contended with its dual nature. Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy. It opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. The Cherry Orchard ( Russian: Вишнёвый сад, romanized: Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Scene from Act 3 of the original Moscow Art Theatre production ![]()
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