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Gaev: Yes … this … this thing (he touches the bookcase) Dear, respected bookcase! We celebrate your existence, that has now for over a hundred years been dedicated to the ideals of good deeds and social justice. Your silent call to fruitful endeavor has not faltered in the course of that century, encouraging (through tears) generations of this family to find courage and to believe in a better future, and teaching us all the ideals of good deeds and social consciousness. Pause. Lopakin: Yes … Lovey: That is just so like you, Leon. Gaev (A bit confused): Ball in the right pocket! Straight shot down the center! 1 Four Translations Gaev: Yes … It is a thing … (feeling the bookcase). Dear, honoured, bookcase! Hail to thee who for more than a hundred years has served the pure ideals of good and justice; their silent call to fruitful labour has never flagged in those hundred years, maintaining (in tears) in the generations of man, courage and faith in a brighter future and fostering in us ideals of good and social consciousness (a pause). Lopahin: Yes … Lyubov: You are just the same as ever, Leonid. Gaev (a little embarrassed): Cannon off the right into the pocket! 3 Gayev: Yes, yes it is. (he caresses the bookcase) Dear old bookcase! Wonderful old bookcase! I rejoice in your existence. For a hundred years now you have borne the shining ideals of goodness and justice, a hundred years have not dimmed your silent summons to useful labor. To generations of our family (almost in tears) you have offered courage, a belief in a better future, you have instructed us in ideals of goodness and social awareness … Pause Lopakhin: Right. Well … Liubov Andreyevna: Oh, Lonya, you’re still the same as ever! Gayev (somewhat embarrassed) Yellow ball in the side pocket! Bank shot off the center! 2 Gayev: Yes … that is something … (feeling the bookcase). Dear, honored bookcase, I salute thy existence, which for over one hundred years has served the glorious ideals of goodness and justice; thy silent appeal to truthful endeavor, unflagging in the course of a hundred years, (tearfully) sustaining through generations of our family, courage, and faith in a better future, and fostering in us ideals of goodness and social consciousness … (A pause) Lopakhin: Yes … Lyubov Andreyevna: You are the same as ever, Lyonya. Gayev (somewhat embarrassed): Carom into the corner, cut shot to center table. 4 1 Columbus, Curt, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov. Ivan R. Dee: 2002. 2 Schmidt, Paul, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov. HaperPerennial: a Division of HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 1999. 3 Garnett, Constance, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov, Bantam Books: New York, 1958 4 Dunnigan, Ann, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov, New American Library: New York, 1964 18
Lopakin: I tell you every day. Every day, I tell you the same thing. Both the cherry orchard and your other land must be rented out for summer cottages, you need to do it now, today – the auction is very soon! Do you understand? Just decide once and for all, that you will build the summer cottages, and you’ll get as much money as you want, and you’ll be saved. Lovey: Summer cottages, summer people – it’s all so vulgar, forgive me. Gaev: I am in complete agreement with you. Lopakin: I’m either going to scream, or yell, or have a fit. I can’t take it! You’re killing me! (to Gaev) You old woman! 5 Lopahin: I do tell you every day. Every day I say the same thing. You absolutely must sell the cherry orchard and the land on building leases; and do it at once, as quick as may be – the auction’s close upon us! Do understand! Once make up your mind to build villas, and you can raise as much money as you like, and then you are saved. Lyubov: Villas and summer visitors – forgive me saying so – it’s so vulgar. Gaev: There I perfectly agree with you. Lopahin: I shall sob, or scream, or fall into a fit. I can’t stand it! You drive me mad! (to Gaev) You’re an old woman! 7 Lopakhin: I tell you every day what you should do! Every day I come out here and say the same thing. The cherry orchard and the rest of the land has to be subdivided and developed for leisure homes, and it has to be done right away. The auction date is getting closer! Can’t you understand? All you have to do is make up your mind to subdivide, you’ll have more money than every you can spend! Your troubles will be over! Liubov Andreyevna: Subdivide, leisure homes … excuse me, but It’s all so helplessly vulgar. Gayev: I couldn’t agree more. Lopakhin: You people drive me crazy! Another minute, I’ll be shouting my head off! Oh I give up, I give up! Why do I even bother? (to Gayev) You’re worse than an old lady! 6 Lopakhin: I tell you every day. Every day I say the same thing. Both the cherry orchard and the land must be leased for summer cottages, and it must be done now, as quickly as possible – the auction is close at hand. Try to understand! Once you definitely decide on the cottages, you can raise as much money as you like, and then you are saved. Lyubov Andreyevna: Cottages, summer people – forgive me, but it’s so vulgar. Gayev: I agree with you, absolutely. Lopakhin: I’ll either burst into tears, start shouting, or fall into a faint! I can’t stand it! You’ve worn me out! (to Gayev): You’re an old woman! 8 5 Columbus, Curt, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov. Ivan R. Dee: 2002. 6 Schmidt, Paul, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov. HaperPerennial: a Division of HarperCollins Publishers: New York, 1999. 7 Garnett, Constance, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov, Bantam Books: New York, 1958 8 Dunnigan, Ann, trans. Cherry Orchard. By Anton Chekhov, New American Library: New York, 1964 19
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Page 3 and 4: THEATER AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE AND DISC
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