The Cherry Orchard — Anton Chekhov

The Cherry Orchard is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov 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 Marks Publishers It opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavski Chekhov described the play as a comedy with some elements of farce though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy Since its first production directors have contended with its dual nature It is often identified as one of the three or four outstanding plays by Chekhov along with The Seagull Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya

The Cherry Orchard is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov 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 Marks Publishers It opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavski Chekhov described the play as a comedy with some elements of farce though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy Since its first production directors have contended with its dual nature It is often identified as one of the three or four outstanding plays by Chekhov along with The Seagull Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya