{"product_id":"9781780016788","title":"The Cherry Orchard: Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe NHB Drama Classi series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes. The translations, by leading experts in the field, are accurate and above all actable. The editions of English-language plays include a glossary of unusual words and phrases to aid understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Cherry Orchard\u003c\/em\u003e is Chekhov's classic tragicomedy, translated and introduced by Stephen Mulrine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRanevskaya can no longer afford to keep her childhood home with its beautiful but barren cherry orchard. She rejects the compromise offered by Lopakhin, a local businessman, to cut down the orchard and sell the land for holiday homes. Eventually Ranevskaya and her family are forced to leave the estate which Lopakhin has now bought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301009408240,"sku":"9781780016788","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780016788_p0.jpg?v=1769890234","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780016788","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}