The Cherry Orchard - Chekhov, Anton; Patel, Vinay
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Weird isn¿t it. Years of the same old thing and then suddenly, without warning, tomorrow is a stranger.An old starship. Far from Earth. Prema Ramesh, the ship¿s grieving commander, seeks solace in the sacred mission of her ancestors: leading the remnants of humanity towards the Destination. A bountiful world on which their descendants will one day thrive. But after centuries in the void, the creaking vessel is falling apart, its crew is suffering. What good is a promised paradise when the present is unbearable?So when rumour spreads of another viable, much closer planet, the crew begin to…mehr

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Weird isn¿t it. Years of the same old thing and then suddenly, without warning, tomorrow is a stranger.An old starship. Far from Earth. Prema Ramesh, the ship¿s grieving commander, seeks solace in the sacred mission of her ancestors: leading the remnants of humanity towards the Destination. A bountiful world on which their descendants will one day thrive. But after centuries in the void, the creaking vessel is falling apart, its crew is suffering. What good is a promised paradise when the present is unbearable?So when rumour spreads of another viable, much closer planet, the crew begin to dream of different possibilities. It could all end now. A new future beckons. But first the old structures must crumble. They won¿t fall without a fight.A playful adaptation of Chekhov¿s tragicomic final work. Joy in the infinite, loss on a galactic scale, small lives and great ambitions adrift in the cosmos. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at the Yard Theatre, London, in September 2022.A The Yard Theatre, ETT and HOME Manchester production, co-commissioned by The Yard Theatre and ETT.
Autorenporträt
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian physician, dramatist and author, is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short stories and modern drama. Born in Taganrog, a port town near the Black Sea, he attended medical school at Moscow University. He began writing to supplement his income, writing short humorous sketches of contemporary Russian life. A successful literary careered followed, before his premature death of TB at the age of 44. He is best-remembered for his four dramatic masterpieces: The Seagull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1899), Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).