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The Cherry Orchard : (Record no. 634205)
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| fixed length control field | 01587nam a2200241 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 261015s1994 xxu 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780805744514 |
| ISBN | 0805744517 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 891.723 |
| Item number | RAY |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Rayfield, Donald |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Cherry Orchard : |
| Sub Title | Catastrophe and Comedy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Donald Rayfield. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 146 p. : |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | For decades after its first performance in 1904, Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard fomented controversy among producers, actors, critics, and audiences. Along with its intrinsic textual richness, linguistic power, and subtlety, the play is saturated with many different, apparently incompatible, elements; it constantly shifts from comedy to pathos, its language concomitantly oscillating from music hall vulgarity to prose poetry.Chekhov assigned a personal way of speaking to each character, divorcing consequence from action, cause from effect. Despite the controversy generated by its paradoxical nature, however, The Cherry Orchard has become a milestone in twentieth-century drama.. In this astute analysis of Chekhov's last play, Donald Rayfield argues that The Cherry Orchard can be best understood when read as a culmination of the dramatist's major plays, particularly The Seagull |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 |
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| -- | New York : |
| -- | Twayne Publishers, |
| -- | 1994 |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 15.10.2026 | 891.723 RAY | 501430 | 15.10.2026 | Books |