National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Zoë WanamakerRanyevskaya

Claudie BlakleyVarya

Mark BonnarTrofimov

Pip CarterYephidov

Kenneth CranhamFirs

Conleth HillLopakhin

Gerald KydYasha

James LaurensonGaev

Emily TaaffeDunyasha

Charity WakefieldAnya

Sarah WoodwardCharlotta

Craige ElsPasser-by