But the family is almost never there the park decays because they can't pay for its upkeep. It's owned by one family and walled off from everyone else. Imagine there is a beautiful park in your neighborhood. However it is a perfect adaptation and sticks very close to the original story line of Chekhov giving the audience listening everything they need from the audience applause, the sound affects, the beautiful Russian music and the actors voices and performances - making you feel as though you are apart of the audience sitting watching the live production.What is The Cherry Orchard About and Why Should I Care? Being a staged performance you have to understand the the director has power to alter lines of the original work of Chekhov as any director or producer would, and especially in this version of the production using both Russian dialect and American dialect some lines of the original play have been altered to suit the casts and performances needs. As soon as Jennifer Tilley came on I instantly feel in love with the audible version. All the actors in it are brilliant in their own unique way. The director took us on such an imaginative journey of a family’s generation, of loss and greed. This brilliant masterpiece comes to life with audible. If you are very familiar with this playwright than this audio version might appeal to you. I think it is best to see Chekhov performed on stage. In this case, the dramatized version didn't work for me. I enjoyed them more than just reading the play. Was The Cherry Orchard (Dramatized) worth the listening time? I did enjoy listening to the recognizable voices. What does Marsha Mason and Full Cast bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I really don't have a memorable moment because I kept falling asleep. What was one of the most memorable moments of The Cherry Orchard (Dramatized)? I went to the library and got the print verson. I couldn't follow the play just listening to it. Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not? Sound Effects Artist/Stage Manager: Jane Slater Jeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-Pischick Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov Jennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna) Michael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin Hector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich Gayev Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya

Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles. Translated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders. Alternately touching and farcical, this subtle, intelligent play stars the incomparable Marsha Mason. Chekhov’s masterful last play, The Cherry Orchard, is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world.

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