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17 Ratings

4.2

Duration
1H 44min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric & Poetry

Chekhov's masterful last play is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world. Translated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:

Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranyevskaya Hector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich Gayev Michael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich Lopakhin Jennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna) Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov Christy Keefe as Anya Ranyevskaya Amy Pietz as Varya Ranyevskaya Jordan Baker as Charlotta Ivanovna Jeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-Pischick Charles Durning as Feers Jon Chardiet as Yasha/Passer-By Tim DeKay as Pyotr Sergeyevich Trofimov

Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April of 2001.

© 2001 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580814300

Release date

Audiobook: January 1, 2001

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