The Free State

The Free State, a 'reworking' of Chekov's The Cherry Orchard, by Janet Suzman. The play is set on an estate in the Eastern Free State, in the Clocolan cherry-growing region.

Produced by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre starring Janet Suzman as Lucy Rademeyer, Patricia Boyer as Anna, Jeffrey Kissoon as Alexander, Esmeralda Bihl as Maria, and Jack Klaff as Leo Guyver.

The original text
First published in London by Methuen, 2000 (ISBN 0-413-74330-6). Published in 2011 as The free state : a South African response to Chekhov's the Cherry Orchard by Oberon Books (ISBN 9781849431330).

Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Yvette Hardie for the National School of Arts (Johannesburg) main drama production for 2002.

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