The previous week we saw Yasmina Reza’s “Conversations…”, which Michael Billington described as Chekhovian…
Well if you thought that Reza’s work was Chekhovian, Michael, just wait until you see The Cherry Orchard.
Another Saturday night at the theatre which didn’t raise a comment in my log at the time. Perhaps we were overdoing at bit at that time.
Amazing cast: Maxine Peake, Roger Allam, Michael Bryant, Vanessa Redgrave, Eve Best, Corin Redgrave (yes, that was two Redgraves for the price of one), and many other fine acting folk, directed by Trevor Nunn.
Nicholas de Jongh liked it but didn’t gush:
Cherry de Jongh Standard 22 Sept 2000 Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Michael Billington also rates it good without rating it great:
Cherry Billington Guardian 23 Sept 2000 The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
Perhaps my null log entry was about right for this one.