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| | The Cherry Orchard at the Stagecrafters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The Cherry Orchard, a serio-comic masterpiece by the Russian author Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904), is coming in April to our theater, in a beautifully rendered contemporary translation not only accessible to the present day American audience, but also incisively capturing the spirit of the original. |
 | | The story, set in 1900 Russia, concerns the plight of the charming, impulsive, and egocentric aristocrat Lyubov Ranyevskaya, faced with bankruptcy and the imminent loss of her estate, which is renowned for its magnificent cherry orchard. |
 | | Lyubov is told by the rich merchant Lopakhin, a man who truly has her welfare at heart, that she can be saved from financial ruin only if she adopts a cool, business-like approach in her dealings with harsh reality. |
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