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The Cherry Orchard
Starring: Dame Judi Dench , Peggy Ashcroft , Suzanne Burden
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Written by: Anton Chekhov
Dame Judi Dench is one of the most celebrated stars of stage and screen.
Item Number: 14075
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 4 1/2 hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
- Closed Captions:
- Y
- Special Features:
Richard Eyre talks to Judi Dench, an hour-long discussion between director Richard Eyre and Dame Judi Dench, in which they reflect on Dame Judi’s long and varied career.
Cast
Madame Ranevsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judi Dench
Lopakhin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Paterson
Trofimov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anton Lesser
Varya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harriet Walter
Anya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suzanne Burden
Gayev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick Treves
Epihkodov. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Timothy Spall
Dunyasha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frances Low
Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna Massey
Yasha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Rintoul
Firs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Curran
Pischik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wensley Pithey
Madame Ranevsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Judi Dench
Lopakhin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Paterson
Trofimov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anton Lesser
Varya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harriet Walter
Anya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suzanne Burden
Gayev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frederick Treves
Epihkodov. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . Timothy Spall
Dunyasha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frances Low
Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna Massey
Yasha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Rintoul
Firs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Curran
Pischik. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wensley Pithey
BAFTA? Awards
1980 - Best Actress, Dame Judi Dench
1980 - Best Actress, Dame Judi Dench
Dame Judi Dench is one
of the most celebrated stars of stage
and screen. However, in 1961, she was
a young actress just making a name for
herself when she was cast by the Royal
Shakespeare Company as the privileged
daughter Anya in Chekhov's The Cherry
Orchard, alongside theatre legends
Sir John Gielgud, Dame Peggy Ashcroft,
Dame Dorothy Tutin and Sir Ian
Holm. The Cherry Orchard chronicles a
noblewoman's return to her family estate
after a five-year absence. She finds that the
family fortune has dwindled to practically
nothing, and that she and her brother are
faced with the difficult choice of selling
the family's treasured cherry orchard or losing everything. The production
was broadcast by the BBC in 1962 but has never before been seen in North
America. In 1981, the director Sir Richard Eyre ? this time ? cast Dame
Judi Dench as as Anya's weak but charismatic mother, Madame Ranevsky
in The Cherry Orchard, a performance which earned her a BAFTA? Award
for best actress. This two-disc set presents both of these outstanding
productions. Extras include a 2003 conversation between Sir Richard Eyre
and Dame Judi.h
