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German State Theatre Timișoara

The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov –– Directed by: Volker Schmidt (a. G.)

Duration of the performance: 1h50'
Surtitles: RO/EN

Age limit: 14+

“I was born here, my mother lived here, my father, my grandfather... I love this house, I can't imagine life without the cherry orchard, and if it has to be sold, then sell me along with it…”, says Liubov Ranevskaya, who returns, after a few weeks overseas, to her estate. The cherry orchard, whose beauty is praised in the first act of the play, is more than that. It is synonymous with home, childhood and carefree youth, while its recurrent blossoming seems to guarantee a new beginning, a constant renewal of life. But in the end, reality catches up with everyone. 

The Cherry Orchard is the Russian writer's last great drama, which he wrote before his untimely death, and is described as a comedy. It is rightly interpreted as a turning point in time: the aristocrats, squandering their fortunes abroad, disappear, and enterprising petty bourgeois take their place. But Chekhov wouldn't be the author every director dreams of if he didn't present this shift as a human comedy. It's a tale of wasted lives, illusions and tangled love stories: Ljubov Ranevskaya loves the man who has taken her last money, Varya refuses to be pushed into a marriage with Lopahin, and the eternal student Trofimov loves Ania even though he considers himself superior to love. In the end despair prevails. But the journey continues.


Surtitles: RO/EN

Age limit: 14+ 


Premiere: October 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Duration: 01:50

Cast

Lubov Andreyevna Ranevsky , a landowner
Ioana Iacob

Anya, her daughter, aged seventeen
Alma Diaconu

Varya, her adopted daughter, aged twenty−four
Oana Vidoni

Ermolai Alexeyevitch Lopakhin, a merchant
Bülent Özdil

Peter Sergeyevitch Trofimov, a student
Marc Illich

Boris Borisovitch Simeonov−Pischin, a landowner
Rareș Hontzu

Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess
Olga Török

Simeon Panteleyevitch Epikhodov, a clerk
Niko Becker (a.G.)

Dunyasha, a maidservant
Aida Olaru

Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev, Ranevsky's Brother
Franz Kattesch

Fiers, an old footman, aged eighty−seven
Ida Jarcsek-Gaza

Yasha, a young footman
Richard Hladik
Direction and Sets
Volker Schmidt

Costumes
Ioana Popescu

Stage Speech
Anna-Lisa Finke (a.G)

Music
Petre Ionuțescu (a.G.)

Set Assistant
Ioana Popescu

Assistant Director
Robert Bogdanov-Schein

Make-up
Bojita Ilici

Techinal direction
Costinel Stănescu

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