Chekhov's masterful last play is a work of timeless, bittersweet beauty about the fading fortunes of an aristocratic Russian family and their struggle to maintain their status in a changing world. Translated and adapted by Frank Dwyer and Nicholas Saunders.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:Marsha Mason as Madame Lyubov Andreyevna RanyevskayaHector Elizondo as Leonid Andreyevich GayevMichael Cristofer as Yermolay Alekseyevich LopakhinJennifer Tilly as Dunyasha (Avdotya Fyodorovna)Joey Slotnick as Semyon Panteleyevich YepikhodovChristy Keefe as Anya RanyevskayaAmy Pietz as Varya RanyevskayaJordan Baker as Charlotta IvanovnaJeffrey Jones as Boris Borisovich Semyonov-PischickCharles Durning as FeersJon Chardiet as Yasha/Passer-ByTim DeKay as Pyotr Sergeyevich TrofimovDirected by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in April of 2001.
