The cherry orchard [videorecording] : a comedy / by Anton Chekhov ; BBC TV ; Michel Saint-Denis's production ; version by John Gielgud ; directed for television by Michael Elliott. The cherry orchard / by Anton Chekhov ; English version by Trevor Griffiths ; producer, Ann Scott ; directed by Richard Eyre ; BBC.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Bros. Video,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (258 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.
1962 version: Peggy Ashcroft, John Gielgud, Dorothy Tutin, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Paul Hardwick, Patsy Byrne, Roy Dotrice, Patrick Wymark; 1981 ver.: Judi Dench, Bill Paterson, Anton Lesser, Harriet Walter, Suzanne Burden, Frederick Treves, Timothy Spall, David Rintoul, Anna Massey. Originally broadcast on television in 1962 and 1981.
Contents:
Side A. The cherry orchard (ca. 130 min. ; Apr. 17, 1962) -- side B. The cherry orchard (ca. 128 min. ; Oct. 13, 1981).
Summary:
Madfame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction. The 1962 adaptation features The Royal Shakespeare Company.
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