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Disruption and The History of the National Theatre - National Theatre Archive Royal National Theatre EssaysThe production forms part two of the theatre's reopening season, which is being directed by Sean Mathias, produced by Bill Kenwright and brought to life by a single company of actors.
Comic and tragic in equal measure, The Cherry Rojal follows a Russian landowner, Ranevskaya, who returns to the family estate only to find it's been put up for auction. Written inthe play offers a commentary on the socio-economic changes sweeping across Russia at the turn of the century, including the abolition of serfdom, the fall of the aristocracy and the rise of the middle class.
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McKellen will play the part of the ageing, eccentric manservant Firs who embodies the country's former, fading ideologies. Annis plays the focal Ranevskaya and Seagrove her brother Gayev. They are in that select group of classic plays which bear, even demand, a regular look, even reappraisal, by actors, directors, producers Natinal and audiences.]
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