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| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Genres: | Classic Books & Novels, Fiction Books, School/community Relations |
| Authors: | Tom Murphy |
| Pages: | 77 pages |
| ISBN10: | 0413774031 |
| ISBN13: | 9780413774033 |
| Tags: | School/home Relations, Fiction Books, Classic Books & Novels, Free Download, PDF Download |
| Language: | en |
| Physical Form: | PDF Book |
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Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
In Chekhov's tragi-comedy - perhaps his most popular play - the Gayev family is torn by powerful forces, forces rooted deep in history and in the society around them. Their estate is hopelessly in debt: urged to cut down their beautiful cherry orchard and sell the land for holiday cottages, they struggle to act decisively. Tom Murphy's fine vernacular version allows us to re-imagine the events of the play in the last days of Anglo-Irish colonialism. It gives this great play vivid new life within our own history and social consciousness.
