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A very free adaptation which works well in its own terms (Reviews Gate)
“Don’t go to this expecting straight Chekhov. It’s a very free adaptation which brings
the servants more to the fore than they are in the original and incorporates a lot
of musical numbers. Moreover it’s done by only four performers...” More
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uprooted (Reviews Gate)
“'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!”
shouts ageing anchorman Peter Finch on-air in the 1976 film Network. Adapter-director
Bart Lee has applied this sentiment by abandoning any semblance of a conventional
staging; undoubtedly some purist onlookers would concur that he is mad...” More
Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard - The Musical! (Zimbio)
“Now I’m pretty sure Chekhov never had Mary Hopkin in mind when he wrote this comic-tragedy/tragic-comedy, but you know, somehow it worked! This was a very different play to the one I expected, courtesy of the wonderfully talented Blackeyed Theatre and adapted by Bart Lee. Chekhov, I thought, would not really be My Thing; much too high-brow. I’ve since changed my mind and will be visiting a library near me soon...” More
The Cherry Orchard (The Stage)
“With the subject of reform and upheaval being paramount in Chekhov’s writings, Blackeyed Theatre takes the meaning of revolution into their own hands. As one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed theatre companies on the touring circuit today, the challenge of staging The Cherry Orchard with a contemporary twist, yet remaining loyal to the period in which it is set, makes for a confrontation of extremes that have to be blended together...” More
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