The Cherry Orchard By Anton Chekhov, Riverside Studios, London. 1978 Clip 2/5

The Cherry Orchard By Anton Chekhov, Riverside Studios, London. January 1978 Chekhov's characteristic genius and feeling for a society in transition are most fully expressed in his last great play, The Cherry Orchard. It is a comedy in a form peculiar to Chekhov and not easily defined, showing as it does fifteen widely differentiated characters in situations that are by turn farcical, tragic and romantic. Written in 1903, the year before he died, the play tells of an old family estate up for auction and how, with the sale, a whole way of life comes to an end.