Drawn from Sharon Marie Carnicke's volume of Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes (Hackett), this edition of The Cherry Orchard features Carnicke's groundbreaking translation of a play that has been called "Chekhov's ultimate theatrical coup d'etat." Acclaim for Chekhov, Four Plays and Three Jokes<BR><BR>"Chekhov doesn't emerge as `the voice of Twilight Russia,' or anything mawkish at all, as he sometimes does, but as a sharp-eyed watcher of some very silly people. Carnicke understands Chekhov and understands Russia."---Robert L. Belknap, Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages, Columbia University<BR><BR>"Carnicke has aimed to find a middle path between versions that are too colloquial and versions that sound stilted or too formal to the American ear and has succeeded."---Julian W. Connolly, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia<BR><BR>"[B]eautifully captures the world of Chekhov that continually teeters between human folly and dignified but poignant heartbreak. I cannot imagine a better compilation to introduce actors to Chekhov."---Mary-Joan Negro, Assistant Professor of Theatre Practice, University of Southern California<BR><BR>"Carnicke's Cherry Orchard is direct, easily accessible to young American students, and mercifully free of all that blather that mucks up so much of the other versions that I know."---James Parker, Late Professor of Theatre, Virginia Commonwealth University