Please note, this event is a screening of a theatre play, not a live performance.
First produced in 1904 at The Moscow Art Theatre under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavsky, this production of Anton Chekhov's classic tale of cultural futility, starring Russian stage and screen legend Renata Litvinova, is more relevant today than it was over a hundred years ago. Adolf Shapiro's interpretation asks the question, where would the characters of this play live today years after their cherry orchard has been cut down? The answer, which lies in the material world created by set designer, David Borovsky, is, of course, on the stage.
A century later, this production brings The Cherry Orchard full circle, with its wandering band of characters never at peace, but finally back home.
Presented in Russian with English subtitles.
Cast & Crew
Creative Team
Director: Adolf Shapiro
Set design: David Borovsky
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Assistant Costume Designer: Elena Afanasyeva
Conjuring Tricks: Rafael Tsitalashvili
Composer: Igor Vdovin
Stage Manager: Olga Roslyakova
Cast
Ranevskaya: Renata Litvinova
Anya: Yana Gladkikh
Varya: Jana Sekste
Gaev: Sergey Dreiden
Lopakhin: Andrey Smolyakov
Firs: Nikolay Chindyaykin
Introduction by Prof. Michael Earley.
Duration: 2h46m.
There will be a 15 minute interval during which guests will be offered tea and coffee (included in the ticket price).
The screening will be followed by a short Q&A.
Please note that because of the nature of our premises the subtitles may not be clearly visible from the back rows. Please email us if this may be an issue.
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