PERF104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moscow Art Theatre
PERF104 Lecture Notes Wednesday 22nd March 2017
The Cherry Orchard
- Play written in 1904. Originally conceived as a comedy.
- Chekov developed a new style with his plays and needed a new place to perform
them.
- Therefore, he looked to the Moscow Arts Theatre
o Dedicated to social idealism
o Wanted to make theatre vibrant and alive.
o Wanted to make it more intimate
Prior to the Moscow Arts theatre
- 19th century playhouses squashed people in.
- haraters ould’t hae deep eotioal sees. It ould’t e see y the people
up the back.
Cheko’s dialogue is sutle ad full of sigifiae. Filled ith syoli eaig. Reeals a
lot about the characters.
Offstage and inner action:
- things happen off stage that impact the characters.
- What happens on stage seems to have a deeper meaning.
- Tie does’t see to atter i Cheko’s plays.
Charaters i Cheko’s plays see to e alays sittig aroud talkig aout the past.
His haraters aste their lies. They do’t lie for the moment.
- Human beings do reminisce and procrastinate.
There is eer a tie that is etter tha the tie you’re liig o.
He is also talkig aout the Russia reolutioary soiety i the herry orhard. If you do’t
get on board with the change, you a’t surie.
The Cherry Orchard represents something: sentimental value.
Lyubov Andreevna is so caught up in the past, she is unable to make important decisions.
“he does’t hae uh oey ayore, ut she used to. “he os the lad the Cherry
Orchard is on.
Lopakhin is advancing into the future. He offers Lyubov Andreevna a solution: sell the cherry
orchard estate and you can have money to live off for the rest of your life. He is a realist
who knows that the only way to survive is to change with the times.
Lopakhin is not a greedy capitalist. He is a decent man.
Tropimov is a studet ho eer oes o fro eig a studet. He does’t really hae a
aitio to use his studies to ake a areer. All of Russia is our Orhard hits to the
metaphor of the Cherry Orchard.
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