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.

The original text

Published in 2011 as The free state : a South African response to Chekhov's the Cherry Orchard by Oberon Books.

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Yvette Hardie for the National School of Arts (Johannesburg) main drama production for 2002.

Sources

The Free State theatre programme, 2002.

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