Overview

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.

Top Cast

Peggy Ashcroft

Madame Ranevsky

John Gielgud

Gaev

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George Murcell

Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin

Judi Dench

Anya

Dorothy Tutin

Varya

Ian Holm

Trofimov

Patsy Byrne

Dunyasha

Patrick Wymark

Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov

Paul Hardwick

Simyon Pishchik

Patience Collier

Charlotta Ivanovna

Roy Dotrice

Firs

David Buck

Yasha