the cherry orchard

The Cherry Orchard was a very interesting play, one quite different from the other performances we have seen this quarter. Chekhov has a very unique way of writing his plays. I personally did not enjoy this performance as much as some of the others I have seen, but overall it was still a great production.
Anton Chekhov’s work is focused on the idea that the lack of action is precisely the point of the production. The plot is what makes the relationship between the actors, not the story itself. His plays are based on indirect, not direct action. He doesn’t include any moralizing in his plays, or making the audience feel like there was a lesson to be learned. His characters consist of heroism or enduring personality, and his villains take advantage of others, and are more like predators than villains in the formal context of the word. The language he uses through his characters is enforcing the idea of the future. In stead of saying that things are good, he will emphasi...