The Cherry Orchard was first produced by the Moscow Art Theatre on Chekhov\'s last birthday, January 17, 1904.
The play also functions as a magnificent showcase for Chekhov\'s acute observations of his characters\' foibles and for.
Since that time it has become one of the most critically admired and performed plays in the Western world, a high comedy whose principal theme, the passing of the old semifeudal order, is symbolized in the sale of the Cherry Orchard owned by Madame Ranevsky.
The Cherry Orchard was first produced by the Moscow Art Theatre on Chekhov\'s last birthday, January 17, 1904