The Cherry Orchard (1904)

I fell asleep twice while reading this play (and it's not that long). It felt so choppy, like there were 10 different conversations going on at the same time, none of them related. My interest picked up in the second half though, and I liked the ending. I'd love to experience this on stage and see if I came away with a better opinion of it. ( )

I found it difficult to sympathize with any of the characters, even Lubov who had the most tragic background. As a tale of the decline of Russian nobility and rising of the former serfs into middle class, it was fairly effective but not entertaining. Perhaps I would like a stage production more... ( )

in this play a Russian aristocratic family having financial problems and sinking in a large debt, due to the social disturbances and political transformations in the early twentieth century.,were forced to sell their Cherry Orchard, ,which wasn't an ordinary Orchard but the most beautiful one in the entire estate....
while family members are busy at a ceremony inside the palace, their orchard is being sold, in this scene Chekhov emphasize the exaggerated the sensation of indifference,their Loss of orchard was clear to all of their friends , however they were busy with their ceremony .not aware of the deception and the regret they would feel,after recognizing how Yermolay was unfaithful,and that all what he cared with was the revenge....
and to forget his past , his childhood memories of being a peasant .. ...and how it changed after he owned the Orchard .....

the Cherry Orchard for Yermolay.was a dream that come true.....

but in general i found it somehow boring,there was scenes that i think was repetitive and unnecessary and .....

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Miserable gits hurt by recession suffer consequences in an age where there was no welfare. We don not wish to go back to such days with all their distortions of relationships etc. ( )

This is a great edition; it has a short but thorough bio of Chekhov, an intro with some basic interpretation, and great notes throughout based on letter the author wrote to some of the original productions' principals. ( )