![]() ![]() ![]() Even by the summer of 1902, Chekhov had not shared any details about the play with his loved ones – this was in part due to his guarded nature, and also due to him spending large amounts of time in exile from his wife and friends on the Mediterranean island of Yalta under instruction from his doctor, in order to protect his physical health.Įventually he shared the title of the play to his wife, which he reportedly whispered to her despite the fact there was no-one else in the room with them.ģ) Chekhov intended the play to be a comedy, but its first director interpreted it as a tragedy The show was first performed in January 1904, just 6 months before he passed away.Ģ) Chekhov was extremely secretive about the play during its writing processĭuring much of the writing process of The Cherry Orchard, none of the people closest to him knew anything about the play. He managed to finish the play in October 1903, when he sent it to the Moscow Art Theatre, which had previously staged his plays Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Seagull. It seems to me that I have outlived my time as a writer, and that every sentence I write seems to serve no purpose”. In addition to this, he was also having difficulties with his mental health and often found that he could only write one or two lines day.Īt the time he wrote: “I am beginning to lose heart. The play was written between 19, at a time when Chekhov’s physical health was suffering due to the tuberculosis he had suffered with since he was a child. ![]() ![]() 1) The Cherry Orchard was the final play written by Anton Chekhov ![]()
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