Cherry Orchard Video Productions

Compiled for Lynn Hovde by David Kent, Librarian

March 4, 2004

 

Cacoyannis, Michael, et al. The Cherry Orchard. Visual Material. Kino on Video, New York, NY, 2002.Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems, and no one seems able to do anything about it.

Letterboxed.   sound, color ;; 1/2 in.   English   Other: 738329041939   VHS, aspect ratio: 1.85:1.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999./ From the play by Anton Chekhov./ Participants: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gough.

Melanda Films Productions presents ; Amanda Productions ; Films de L'Astre co-production ; with the participation of the Greek Film Center, ERT (Greek Radio and Television) ; and Canal+ ; produced and directed by Michael Cacoyannis ; screenplay, Michael Cacoyannis. Cinematography, Aris Stavrou ; music by P.I. Tchaikovsky ; edited by Michael Cacoyannis, Takis Hadzis.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); VHS tape (vhs)

 

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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, Emily Mann, and Jason Slavick. Cherry Orchard. Visual Material, 2002. sound, color ;; 1/2 in.   English

Program ([6] p.) inserted./ Participants: Cast: Andrew Miramontes, Shannon Amiry, Tommy Marr, Michael Aurit, Elizabeth Wotring, Lynaya Sauve, Dayla Perkins, Eric Hamel, Wright Smith, Corrie Borris, Kawa Ada, Brandon Tindle, Michael Mahany./ Recorded December 7, 2002, by The Boston Conservatory.

[by Anton Chekhov ; adapted by Emily Mann]. Credits: Directed by Jason Slavick ; scenic and lighting design by Peter Waldron ; costume design by David Costa-Cabral ; sound design by Julie Pittman ; producer: Neil Donohoe ; production manager: Don Curioso ; technical director: Harrison Rabel ; master electrician: Paul Marr ; costume shop manager: Aleta Deyo ; wardrobe supervisors: Richelle Devereaux-Murray, Buick Prentice-Walsh ; lead cutter/draper: Laura Coulter ; hair and makeup: Kristen Griffith, Zac Young ; props manager: Tasha Vogt ; audio visual coordinator: Richard Malcolm ; resident choreographer: Michelle Chassé ; speech/dialect coaching: Jennifer Burke ; stage manager: Adele Nadine Traub.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); VHS tape (vhs)

 

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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, et al. The Cherry Orchard. Visual Material. Kino on Video, New York, 1999.A revival of Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of imprisonment in wealth and regret.

  sound, color ;; 4 3/4 in.   English   DVD.

"K272 DVD"--container./ "From a play by Anton Chekhov."/ Special features: Original theatrical trailer ; exclusive interview with director Michael Cacoyannis./ Participants: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates.

a film by Michael Cacoyannis. Produced, written and directed by Michael Cacoyannis.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); DVD video (dvv)

 

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---. The Cherry Orchard. Visual Material. Williamstown Mass., 1980.(Composer - cmp)

 (Williamstown, Mass.)   sound, color NTSC ;; 3/4 in. (U-matic)   English

Some video and audio distortion./ Participants: Colleen Dewhurst, Kate Burton, Tom Atkins, Robert Black, Celeste Holm, John Glover, Blythe Danner, Jerome Collamore, Carol Byrne, Jean Hackett, Maria Tucci, George Morfogen, Austin Pendleton, Christopher Reeve, Michael Quill, Richard Maynard, Alan Schack, Eileen Schuyler, Time Winters, Laura Halper, Susan Lewis, Peter DeLorenzo, Carter Bland, and Kristin Rudrüd./ Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 28, 1980./ Funding: Recorded with the financial assistance of the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Restricted to qualified researchers.

[produced by the] Williamstown Theatre Festival ; [written] by Anton Chekhov ; adapted and directed by Nikos Psacharopoulos ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director] ; videotaped by WMHT-TV. Incidental music by Michael Starobin ; settings by Andrew Jackness ; lighting by Roger Meeker ; costumes by Dunya Ramicova ; prod. stage mgr., William Chance.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); Videocassette (vca)

 

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Houghton, Norris, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, and Corporation Cherry Orchard. Corp Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational. The Cherry Orchard Part Ii : Comedy or Tragedy? Visual Material. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., Chicago, 1968.Discusses why one of the greatest directors of drama could view the Cherry Orchard as a tragedy, while the author labeled it a comedy. Shows how Chekhov dramatizes interior action and points out what is meant by the subtext of Chekhov's plays.

  sound, color ;; 16 mm.   English   Presented by Norris Houghton.   Projected image (pgr); Film (mot)

 

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Houghton, Norris, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, and Corporation Corp Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational. The Cherry Orchard Part I : Chekhov--Innovator of Modern Drama. Visual Material. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., Chicago, 1970.Analyzes Chekhov's unprecedented use of characterization and plot to show why he became known as the innovator of modern drama. Examines the meanings of sound effects and discusses Chekhov's attitudes toward life.

  sound, color ;; 16 mm.   English   Presented by Norris Houghton.   Projected image (pgr); Film (mot)

 

 

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Houghton, Norris, et al. The Cherry Orchard. Visual Material. The Corporation, Chicago, Ill., 1980.Discusses the artistic and personal concerns of Anton Chekhov and their mode of expression in The cherry orchard, production extracts from which are presented as illustration.

  sound, color with b&w sequences ;; 1/2 in. +; 2 guides.   English

The Humanities.; Modern drama;

pt. 1. Chekhov, innovator of modern drama (21 min.) -- pt. 2. Comedy or tragedy? (22 min.).

VHS format.

Originally released in 1968./ Available in color or b&w in VHS 1/2 in., U-matic 3/4 in. or as motion picture in 16 mm./ Publisher nos.: X47713-X47714 (color); 47723-47724 (b&w)./ Participants: Norris Houghton./ Maureen Stapleton (Madam Ranevskaya), Donald Moffat (Gaev), John Colicos (Lopakhin), Lou Gilbert (Firs), Frances Sternhagen (Varya)./ Audience: College and general.

produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation ; produced and directed by John Barnes ; by Anton Chekhov. Director of photography, Joseph Brun; art direction, Robert Gundlach, George Drew; editor, Robert Johnson; music, Ezra Laderman, Filmsounds.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); Partial animation (pan); VHS tape (vhs)

 

 

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---. The Cherry Orchard. Part 2, Comedy or Tragedy? Visual Material. The Corporation, Chicago, IL, 1980.Discusses why one of the greatest directors of drama could view the Cherry orchard as a tragedy, while the author labeled it a comedy. Shows how Chekhov dramatizes interior action and points out what is meant by the subtext of Chekhov's plays.

  sound, color ;; 1/2 in. +; 1 guide.   English

"A film from the Drama Section of the EBE Humanities Program."/ Originally released in 1967./ Participants: Host, Norris Houghton ; cast, Maureen Stapleton, Donald Moffat, Frances Sternhagen.

produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation ; produced and directed by John Barnes. Director of photography, Joseph Brun ; editor, Robert Johnson ; music, Ezra Laderman, Filmsounds.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); VHS tape (vhs)

 

 

Olcott, Nick, et al. The Cherry Orchard. Visual Material, 2002.  sound, color ;; 1/2 in.   English

Washington area performing arts video archive; WAPAVA;

Archival performance videotape./ Title from cassette label./ Participants: Kathryn Kelley, Marty Lodge, Megan Anderson, David Fendig, Rick Foucheux, Crystal Fox, Bill Largess, Susan Lynsky, Sarah Marshall, Peter J. Mendez, Karl Miller, Tony Tsendeas, Grady Weatherford, Emery Battis/ Taped on Dec. 7, 2002 at the Round House Theatre.

Video cannot be loaned, but must be viewed in the Library.

Playwright, Anton Chekhov ; Director, Nick Olcott.

Projected image (pgr); Videorecording (vid); VHS tape (vhs)