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Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre''s best-known productions: * Tolstoy''s Tsar Fedor Ioannovich * Gorky''s The Lower Depths * Chekov''s The Cherry Orchard * Turgenev''s A Month in the Country

Unprecedented in its comprehensiveness, The Moscow Art Theatre fills a large gap in our knowledge of Stanislavsky and his theatre. Worrall focuses in particular detail on four of The Moscow Art Theatre''s best-known productions: * Tolstoy''s Tsar Fedor Ioannovich * Gorky''s The Lower Depths * Chekov''s The Cherry Orchard * Turgenev''s A Month in the Country

''Frayn''s translation, which strikes me as splendidly lucid and alive . . . will be acted again and again'' New Statesman

In Chekhov''s tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces deeply rooted in history and the society in which they live. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively.

Originally published to coincide with Peter Hall''s National Theatre production in 1978, this edition features the revised translation staged by Sam Mendes at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in 1989, starring Judi Dench and Ronald Pickup.

Commentary and notes by Nick Worrall