The Cherry Orchard

Peter Gill’s luminous version of The Cherry Orchard brings the psychological realism of Chekhov’s characters into sharp focus.

A former Associate Director at the National Theatre, Peter Gill is one of the most enigmatic and respected figures in British Theatre. His version of The Cherry Orchard, considered to be Chekhov's greatest play, is now published in a new paperback edition.NEW IN PAPERBACK First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre. Completed less than a year before his death at the age of forty-four, Chekhov's last 'comedy' still ranks supreme as a human tragedy of dispossession with audiences and actors alike. Peter Gill’s luminous version brings the psychological realism of Chekhov’s characters into sharp focus; fragile souls poised on the brink of happiness which never comes, or trapped in a void between the old world and the new.