Character History
The main heroine of the lyrical play Anton Chekhov "Cherry Garden". The landowner who wondered the state and remained without money. Good and trusting, but unrestrained in spending a woman who can not get rid of the habit of sifting with money. Mother two daughters. The estate of the heroine is put on the auction for debts.History of creation
"Cherry Garden" is the last of the plays of Anton Chekhov, to work on which the writer finished a year to death. The first sketches belong to the beginning of 1901, and in September 1903 the work has already been completed. The play for the first time is delivered at the Moscow Art Theater under the leadership of Konstantin Stanislavsky in January 1904. The role of Ranevskaya in this first stage was performed by the wife of Chekhov, Actress Olga Leonardovna Bookper. The role of Gayev, the brother of the main character, was performed by Stanislavsky himself.
Piece "Cherry Garden"
The full name of the heroine is the love of Andreevna Ranevskaya, in the greatness of Gaeva. The age of the heroine is not listed in the play, but it can be assumed that Ranevskaya about forty years. The heroine has two daughters - reception, cooking, 24 years old; Native, Anya, 17 years old. Years did not spoil the heroine, surrounding the Ranevskaya, that she also looks great, as before, and even looked. The heroine "touching" eyes, and she dresses "in Paris".
In the past, Ranevskaya was a wealthy landowner, but wondered the state and remained without money. The heroine has an easy and responsive nature surrounding the Ranevskaya good and glorious woman. Heroine generous to nerazumiya and easily breaks up with money even in a situation where there is practically no money. The daughters talk about the heroine that she did not change at all, despite the circumstances, and is still ready to distribute the last money when "people have nothing to do."
Ranevskaya really got used to silent money without retaining, "like crazy," and did not realize another new position. The heroine does not understand how bad the financial affairs of the family, and continues to order expensive dishes in restaurants and leave generous tip lacques.
Varya, the eldest daughter of the heroine, tries to save on everything, including food, and the Ranevskaya herself spends money "somehow meaningless" and does not think about the future fate of the family. The heroine understands what is unreasonable, calls himself stupid, but can not or does not want to do anything with his own habits.
Ranevskaya with love and caress refers to others. He loves daughters and behaves gently with them, with tenderness refers to the old Lacey Fours. Heroine lived for some time abroad, but at the same time he loves Russia. Ranevskaya claims that he cried on the train when he returned home.
The estate with a cherry garden, which belongs to Ranenevskaya and her brother Leonid Gayev, is put up for auction and will be sold for debts. Already assigned date of trading. A merchant Lopahin is trying to help the heroine and advises to cut out the old garden, to tend to carry anywhere old buildings, smash the liberated land on the plots and give under the cottages to make money on rent.
According to the calculations of the blades, it is thus you can rescue at least twenty-five thousand a year, pay debts and leave the estate for Ranevskaya. However, the heroine seems to not understand that her estate is put up for the sale that the situation requires urgent and decisive actions. Ranevskaya remains indifferent to the arguments of the blades and refuses to cut down the garden. The heroine believes that "cottages and dacms - it went." Lopakhin considers the heroine of a non-shy and frivolous woman.
The cherry garden is associated with Rananese with happy young people, and cut it for a heroine means treason itself. As a result, neither the heroine itself, nor her brother make any actions to correct the situation, and only wait that everything would somehow decide by itself. Ultimately, the estate bursts at the auction himself the merchant Lopakhin and orders to cut out the old cherry garden, as Ranevskaya advised. Further biography of heroine unknown.
Shielding
In 1981, Chekhov's play was published in the UK called "The Cherry Orchard". This is a film drama shot by director Richard Ayre, with the actress Judy Dench in the role of Ranevskaya. The role of merchant Lopakhina performed actor Bill Paterson.
In 1999, another dramatic film was released "Cherry Garden", this time - the joint production of France and Greece. The film was shot by the Greek director Mikhalis Cakoyanis, who also acted as the author of the script. The film sounds the music of Peter Tchaikovsky. The filming of the film took place in Bulgaria. The role of Ranevskaya played by the British actress Charlotte Rampling, and Brother Heroine Leonid Gaeva plays actor Alan Bates.
Russian film screening of Chekhov's play was published in 2008 called the "Garden" - and this is a comedy. Director and script writer - Sergey Ovcharov. The role of Ranevskaya in the film is performed by actress Anna Vartanyan. Working on the scenario, Ovcharov turned on in that only part of the material of the play, but at the same time used the outline of some unlipped works of Chekhov, which were preserved in the writer's notebooks. The film contains elements of farce and comedy del art. For example, the images of the servants of the servants in the film are created on the basis of the classic characters of the Italian area theater - Harlequin, Colombina and Piero.