History Theatre / TheCherryOrchard

* CircusBrat: As said above, Scharlotta. She mentions being an acrobat in the circus her parents work at.

* CircusBrat: As sadi above, Scharlotta. She mentions being an acrobat in the circus her parents work at.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ranyevskaya, specially due to [[spoiler: the death of oldest son Gryscha, who drowned in a river]] and [[spoiler: her suicide attempt]]

* WhatTheHellHero: At Act IV, Anya is not happy when she learns that [[spoiler: Lopakhin wanted to start cutting down the orchard ''when the family is still in the state'']]. She calls him out and he orders for the work to be stopped.

The play is parodied by Creator/MontyPython on ''AudioPlay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord'' ("adapted for radio by putting it onto a piece of wood and banging a few nails into it") and performed by the Gumbies performing it in their own brain-dead chaotic way.

** What, no Scharlotta Ivanovna? The start of the third act has her going into quite the rant about her past as a CircusBrat...

The play is parodied by Creator/MontyPython on ''AudioPlay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord'', adapted for radio by "putting it onto a piece of wood and banging a few nails into it" and performed by the Gumbies performing it in their own brain-dead chaotic way.

The play is parodied by Creator/MontyPython on ''AudioPlay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord'' with the Gumbies performing it, naturally transforming everything into one brain dead chaos.

* {{Tsundere}}: Varya, specially seen when she throws a tantrum and hits the door with her parasol... and then dissolves in awkward apologies [[CrowningmomentOfFunny as she sees that she has hit Lopakhin on the head.]]

* RussianNamingConvention: Lyubov Ranyevskaya is occasionally referred to as Lyuba, Leonid Gayed as Lenya, and Peter Trofimov as Petya.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If Ranyevskaya had let Lopakin convert ''part'' of the cherry orchard into summer cottages, the income might have been enough to save the rest of it, but her stubborn insistance on keeping the orchard exactly the way it was doomed it to complete destruction.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Expressed by most of the other characters towards Varya and Lopakhin. [[spoiler:They don't.]]

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If Ranyevskaya had let Lopakin convert ''part'' of the cherry orchard into summer cottages, the income might have been enough to save the rest of it, but her stubborn insistance on keeping the orchard exactly the way it was doomed it to complete destruction.

* WeCouldHAveAvoidedThisPlot: If Ranyevskaya had let Lopakin convert ''part'' of the cherry orchard into summer cottages, the income might have been enough to save the rest of it, but her stubborn insistance on keeping the orchard exactly the way it was doomed it to complete destruction.

** Gaev. He makes a speech about the nobleness of a book cupboard... ''with a straight face.'' That's also just the tip of the iceberg! Besides fetishizing the book cupboard, he has an unhealthy obsession with lemon drops and billiards and he provokes his nieces to to shut him up on many an occasion.

** Yepikhodov. Besides being referred to as "Catastrophy Corner" the entire play because of his clumsiness, he also frequently starts a sentence not knowing how it's going to... come to a... final... state of being.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Anya, at age 17, handles the whole plot as gracefully and maturely as she can. In fact, she comforts her mother when [[spoiler: she suffers an HeroicBSOD after learning that Lopakhin has brought the orchard.]]

* BrokenBird: Both Ranyevskaya and Varya.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ranyevskaya, specially due to [[spoiler: the death of oldest son Gryscha, who drowned in a river.]]

* GenreBusting: As said above is a classic story about the first two productions: the first was very sad and melancholic (asupported by director Stanislavski), and the audience left the theater deeply moved. The second, supported by Chekhov himself? The audience was laughing so hard the walls shook. So which is it, comedy or tragedy? None can say (though WordOfGod claims comedy).

* {{Tsundere}}: Varya, specially seen when she throws a tantrum and hits the door with her parasol... and then dissolves in awkward apologies as she sees that she has hit Lopakhin on the head.

Creator/AntonChekhov's last play. Russian aristocrat Ranyevskaya returns, dysfunctional family in tow, to save her old estate and its magnificent cherry orchard from being forcibly auctioned off; however, she is immediately at odds with the merchant Lopakhin over his plans to chop the orchard down and convert the land to summer cottages. In the meantime, the supporting characters struggle with love, social change, and the futility of life. Things go about as well as you would expect in a Chekhov production.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gaev. He makes a speech about the nobleness of a book cupboard... ''with a straight face.'' That's also just the tip of the iceberg! Besides fetishizing the book cupboard, he has an unhealthy obsession with lemon drops and billiards and he provokes his nieces to to shut him up on many an occasion.

* FunPersonified: Pishchik, save the last act. Although he has a money problem, he is the life of the party. A power player in making the audience ''think'' they're watching a looney-toons style comedy, Pishchik can be counted on to keep the good times rolling.
* GenreBusting: There is a classic story about the first two productions: the first was very sad and melancholic, and the audience left the theater deeply moved. The second? The audience was laughing so hard the walls shook. So which is it, comedy or tragedy? None can say (though WordOfGod claims comedy).

* SomethingWeForgot: The play ends with the family leaving their house, accidentally locking [[spoiler:the elderly Firs]] inside.
* TheIdealist: Trofimov. Every word that comes out of his mouth drips with syrupy idealism.