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National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)

Directed by Howard Davies

Overview

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

Length 185 minutes

Actors

Zoƫ Wanamaker | Claudie Blakley | Mark Bonnar | Pip Carter | Kenneth Cranham | Conleth Hill | Gerald Kyd | James Laurenson | Emily Taaffe | Charity Wakefield | Sarah Woodward | Craige Els