The Cherry Orchard

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Event The Cherry Orchard
Venue Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 6 August 1983
Opening Date 10 August 1983
Last Date 24 September 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Chekhov, is a funny and moving story set in provincial Russia. The old order is decaying, the new rich are getting rich, the young are dreaming of revolution and the peasants are enduring. Taste, refinement and cultivated indolence are crumbling under philistine materialism. This is Chekhov's crowning achievement; the greatest play of a great playwright and one of the great glories of European theatre.
Description Source Brochure
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Simon Chilvers Actor
Ben Gabriel Actor
Ron Haddrick Actor
Jane Harders Actor Madame Ranevsky
John Howard Actor
Christine Mahoney Actor
Heather Mitchell Actor
Michael O'Neill Actor
George Shevtsov Actor
Hugo Weaving Actor
Terry Ryan Costume Designer
Graham Johnson Designer
Rodney Fisher Director
John Rayment Lighting Designer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Russia
Production Nationality England
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
CV
Brochure Sydney Opera House The Diary Aug/Sept 1983 No 11/12 Vol 10
Brochure Sydney Theatre Company 1983 Season, Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection
Event Identifier 110972
Dataset AusStage