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The Cherry Orchard is a 1999 period drama film directed and written by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, and Owen Teale. The supporting cast includes Xander Berkeley, Gerard Butler, Melanie Lynskey, and Frances de la Tour.
12 gen 2000 · Abandoned by her lover, the aristocratic Madame Lubov Ranevskaya returns to Russia, only to see her fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property.
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- Michael Cacoyannis
- 2000-01-12
Il giardino dei ciliegi ( The Cherry Orchard) è un film del 1999 diretto da Michael Cacoyannis . Il soggetto è tratto dall' omonima opera in quattro atti di Čechov . Trama. Abbandonata dal suo amante, l'aristocratica Madame Lyubov Ranyevskaya torna in Russia, solo per vedere il suo profumato frutteto di ciliegi in piena fioritura.
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The spelling of character names depends on the transliterationused. 1. Madame Lyubov Andreievna Ranevskaya – a landowner. Ranyevskaya is the linchpinaround which the other characters revolve. A commanding and popular figure, she represents the pride of the old aristocracy, now fallen on hard times. Her confused feelings of love for her old home and...
Act 1
The play opens on a day in May in the nursery of Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya's home in the provinces of Russia, at the start of the 20th century. Ranevskaya has been living in France since her young son drowned. After she had tried to kill herself, Ranevskaya's 17-year-old daughter Anya and Anya's governessCharlotta Ivanovna have brought her home to Russia, accompanied by Yasha, Ranevskaya's valet. Upon returning, they are met by Lopakhin, Dunyasha, Varya (who has overseen the estate in Rane...
Act 2
Act II takes place outdoors near the orchard. Yepikhodov and Yasha vie for the affection of Dunyasha, by singing and playing guitar, while Charlotta soliloquizes about her life. In Act I it was revealed that Yepikhodov proposed to Dunyasha at Easter; however, she has become infatuated with the more "cultured" Yasha. Charlotta leaves so that Dunyasha and Yasha might have some time alone, but that is interrupted when they hear their employer coming. Yasha shoos Dunyasha away to avoid being caug...
Act 3
It is the end of August, and Ranevskaya's party is held. Musicians play as the family and guests drink and entertain themselves. It is also the day of the auction; Gayev has received a paltry amount of money from his and Ranevskaya's aunt, and the family members, despite the general merriment around them, are anxious while they wait for news. Varya worries about paying the musicians, and scolds their neighbour Pishchik for drinking, Dunyasha for dancing, and Yepikhodov for playing billiards....
One of the main themes of the play is the effect social change has on people. The emancipation of the serfs on 19 February 1861 by Alexander IIallowed former serfs to gain wealth and status while some aristocrats were becoming impoverished, unable to tend their estates without the cheap labor of slavery. The effect of these reforms was still being ...
Television
1. A television version featuring Helen Hayes as Ranevskaya, and Susan Strasberg as Anya, directed by Daniel Petrie, was broadcast as part of the syndicated The Play of the Week television series in 1959.[citation needed] 2. A Royal Shakespeare Company/BBC Television version from 1962 was directed by Michael Elliott from Michel Saint-Denis stage production. This features Peggy Ashcroft as Ranevskaya, Ian Holm as Trofimov, John Gielgud as Gayev, Judi Dench as Anya, Dorothy Tutin as and Patsy B...
Film
1. A film version starring Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya, Alan Bates as Gayev, Owen Teale as Lopakhin, Melanie Lynskey as Dunyasha and Gerard Butler as Yasha, directed by Michael Cacoyannis, appeared in 1999. 2. An L.A. Theatre Works recorded version of the play was produced in 2002 starring Marsha Mason, Charles Durning, Hector Elizondo, and Jennifer Tilly. Others in the cast were Jordan Baker, Jon Chardiet, Michael Cristofer, Tim DeKay, Jeffrey Jones, Christy Keef, Amy Pietz, and Joey Sl...
Other media
1. A new radio version by Katherine Tozer and composer John Chambers was produced for BBC's Drama on 3, airing for the first time on 18 October 2018. 2. An English language visual noveladaptation, produced by Manuela Malasaña, was released in November 2020. 3. In 2022, a high-tech adaptation entitled The Orchard at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht.
The Japanese manga Sakura no Sono (1985-86) and its live-action film adaptations are about a drama group in a girls-only private high school putting on a production of The Cherry Orchard. The play has a role in the comedy film Henry's Crime(2011).
English translations
1. Chekhov, Anton (1994). "The Cherry Orchard". In Gilbert, Miriam; Klaus, Carl H.; Field, Jr., Bradford S. (eds.). Modern and Contemporary Drama. David Magarshack (translation). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-09077-3. 2. Chekhov, Anton (1998). The Cherry Orchard. Stephen Mulrine (translation). London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 978-1-85459-412-9. 3. Chekhov, Anton (2015). The Cherry Orchard. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (translation). New York: Theatre Communications Group. IS...
- Anton Chekhov
- 1904
12 gen 2000 · The Cherry Orchard (1999), scheda completa del film di Mihalis Kakogiannis con Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge: trama, cast, trailer, gallerie, boxoffice, premi, curiosità e...
- Mihalis Kakogiannis
- January 12, 2000
- Charlotte Rampling
13 ott 1981 · The Cherry Orchard: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Anton Lesser, Harriet Walter. Madame Ranevsky (Dame Judi Dench) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage.
Madame Ranevskaya (Rampling) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage.
