Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.

• National Theatre
• Zoë Wanamaker
• Claudie Blakley
• Mark Bonnar
• Pip Carter
• Kenneth Cranham
• Conleth Hill
• Gerald Kyd
• James Laurenson