299 The Cherry Orchard

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In 1971, critic J.L. Styan wrote: "In The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov consummated his life’s work with a poetic comedy of exquisite balance." In this episode, Jacke and Mike take a look at Chekhov's final play, including a draft of the Top 10 lines of dialogue. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:10.0	Hello everyone, I'm Jack Wilson. Welcome to the history of literature. Okay, here we go. Hello everyone, I'm Jack Wilson. Welcome to the
0:37.4	podcast. Times are still crazy. Things are still in flux. Everything is
0:42.3	bizarre. The center never holds.
0:45.2	What a world we live in and what a time to be alive. Thank goodness.
0:51.4	We have this podcast to share our thoughts. Thank goodness we are all still hanging on.
0:54.1	We have this podcast to share our thoughts with one another.
0:55.6	Thank goodness we can breathe.
0:57.4	Thank goodness we are all still hanging on.
1:01.1	Man, oh man.
1:02.2	So we've got a good show today. We're finishing up our look at
1:05.1	Checkov's four major plays. Today we have the Cherry Orchard, which is probably
1:09.9	Checkov's best loved play and certainly its most performed as critic Richard Gilman
1:16.8	notes. Mike Pallandrom is here Mike our old friend held Presidente himself.
1:22.0	Simple pleasures people.
1:25.0	Simple pleasures.
1:26.0	For me, it's talking books with Mike.
1:29.0	That's one of them.
1:30.0	And with you.
1:31.0	The Cherry Orchard was from 1904 and it's yet another familiar pattern it falls into.
1:38.1	The reception of it, the Moscow Art Theater staged it and Stanislavski sank his teeth into it and Chekhov worried that Stanislavski was getting it all wrong.
1:49.0	It's about a woman who presides over an estate which has been in her family for generations, only now it's no longer profitable or viable for them to own.
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