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Play · 1904

The Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov

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Play · 1904 · Russian · Modern

The Cherry Orchard

Anton Chekhov

An estate is sold while its owners discuss something else.

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Chekhov called it a comedy; Stanislavski staged a tragedy. Both are right — the axe offstage is the sound of a class that could not finish a sentence.

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