The Cherry Orchard Text v Production analysis
Well this was an interesting production. The Judy Dench production was pretty old and low budget with a lot of over acting. The Cacoyannis version was more crisp and clean.
We seem to all agree that ending is the most powerful part. The Cacoyannis version utilized music at the end and it was actually very good for a production of this type. I love to hear piano music played well and who ever was doing that was a good pianist.
The main differences I found in the production than that of reading them is the house was smaller and seemed less extravagant than what I pictured. I figured that if it was a great big orchard and they had money the dwelling would be a bit more mansion like.
I guess Russians have different ideas of what upper class with money would look like compared to the good ole USA.
Oh one other thing was that the old man Firs was REALLY old looking in the Judy Dench version, and a little more distinguished in the Cacoyannis version. I sort of pictured him as a combination of both. I really old yet proudly distinguished man that displayed honor and loyalty. Neither of them really captured that in the productions…luckily I can imagine it just fine
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