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The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard. Act 1. Do a close reading of the stage directions at the beginning of the Act. Discuss what you notice or what you think may be important. Stage directions, beginning of Act I. GAYEV : The train was two hours late. What kind of efficiency is that, eh?

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The Cherry Orchard

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  1. The Cherry Orchard Act 1

  2. Do a close reading of the stage directions at the beginning of the Act. Discuss what you notice or what you think may be important. Stage directions, beginning of Act I

  3. GAYEV: The train was two hours late. What kind of efficiency is that, eh? • CARLOTTA: And my dog loves nuts. • SEMYONOV-PISHCHIK: Really! I don’t believe it! What “stage business” could be happening? How can you explain the way Chekhov constructs this dialogue? Make this make sense….

  4. Group the characters in a way that makes sense to you. This could be based on their ideas, their social class, their behavior or their role. Explain your grouping. How would you group the characters?

  5. Ideas, themes, motifs, objects of symbolic importance you are noticing?

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