- Paperback: 91 pages
- Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing (11 Jan 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 080213002X
- ISBN-13: 978-0802130020
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.9 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,764,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The Cherry Orchard is a serious and moving play, but it's also a very funny one, something Mike Poulton's new version brings out strongly." The Stage "Mike Poulton's new translation gives the dialogue a contemporary edge." Alfred Hickling, The Guardian"
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Chekov's great tragicomic eulogy for a passing way of life is superbly adapted to make a powerful and beautifully playable drama. Plays for Performance Series.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Sublime play,a good read & a fantastic radio adaptation: a classic sunk by some teenage's proud ignorance so called "review",
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This review is from: The Cherry Orchard (Methuen Modern Plays): A Comedy in Four Acts (Paperback)
Unlike the philipsad I was not forced at gunpoint to read this. I went willingly to see it when a local company was having an international theatre festival and even at 12 it struck me as powerful, moving, deeply honest, relevant and affecting. Years later I saw a television adaptation, still as powerful though lacking some nuances and minor sub-plots. Then I bought this radio adaptation which I found to be very much abridged, so that some of the power was lost. But the acting was still top notch for the medium.
I wonder why those who commented on the only "review" were - I think - genuine in their appreciation for the play but not enough to save it from having an average rating (out of just the one person with an ax to grind but no idea of what he was writing about) by writing another review. Could it be that amazon no longer accepts all reviews? Surely not. If it turns out to be so I'll post this as a "comment" to sadphil's review even he's not worth it with his violent tendencies and mental instability. Chekov is worthy of being saved from this sort of groundless dumbing down by dumb people. I use dumb as an euphemism, of course. I don't much care for amazon's policy of having this single review present on different versions/edition of the play. I', m all for pitying the stupid but I have no sympathy for major corporations validating their narrow-mindedness.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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The Cherry Orchard Dover Thrift copy,
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This review is from: The Cherry Orchard (Dover Thrift) (Paperback)
Fitness for purpose, the main body of the work published in a cheap edition. Used for a one off discussion group.
10 of 49 people found the following review helpful:
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Astoundingly boring play about nothing at all,
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This review is from: The Cherry Orchard (Methuen Modern Plays): A Comedy in Four Acts (Paperback)
I was forced at gun point to read this for my degree and I can honestly say that I am actually quite angry for not choosing to be shot. This play is the most boring thing I think I have ever read. It is a play about, almost literally, nothing. I mean - what's the point of it? What's the point of the so-called 'plot'? Nothing happens right throughout the entire work. As a further insult I just noticed that this work is listed as a comedy. That is nonsense. As an even greater insult my teacher described it as "probably the most beautiful play I have ever read." This made me want to hit the pretentious little berk in the face.
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