Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.
Madame Ranevsky
Gaev
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Anya
Varya
Trofimov
Dunyasha
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
Simyon Pishchik
Charlotta Ivanovna
Firs
Yasha
Passer-by
Coachman
Coachman
Gardener
Stationmaster
Stationmaster's Wife
Government Official
Schoolmaster
Schoolmaster's Wife
Post Office Clerk
Peasant
Peasant
Peasant