Day … NOTE: This monologue is reprinted from Two Plays of Tchekhof. In Russia as yet we have very few who do… LO: The train’s come. The Cherry Orchard – Adult Male – Comedy By Monologue Database “Think, Anya, your grandfather, your great-grandfather, and all your ancestors were serf-owners, they owned living souls;” Trofimov has a moment alone with Anya. TROPHIMOF: Barbara's afraid we shall go and fall in love with each other. Thank God. The Cherry Orchard (Russian: Вишнёвый сад, romanized: Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) first turned to writing as a medical student at Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1884. The "she" in the passage is Ranevsky, and the passage does a great deal to characterize both her and Lopakhin, and the relationship between them. “Mankind marches on…” – Peter Trofimov from ‘The Cherry Orchard’ Peter, an intellectual with an often pretentious nature, sheds light on his views with “Mankind marches on…” Monologue Length: 1:30 – 1:45 “Mankind marches on, going from strength to strength. The windows in the room are shut. George Calderon. An old, crooked shrine, which has been long abandoned; near it a well and large stones, which apparently are old tombstones, and an old garden seat.The road is seen to GAEV'S estate.On one side rise dark poplars, behind them begins the cherry orchard. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1912. In the drawing- The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov(1904): Act II Man goes forward, perfecting his skills. What time is it? This relationship is the central relationship in The Cherry Orchard. The speaker here is Lopakhin, in Act One. THE CHERRY ORCHARD A monologue from the play by Anton Chekhov. ACT TWO. The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov Translated by Julius West Set a few decades after the abolishment of serfdom by Tsar Alexander II in 1861, Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is about an aristocratic family that is unable to prevent its beloved estate from being auctioned off. Chandelier lighted. Evening. (She blows out the candle.) Read the monologue for the role of Trofimov from the script for The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. [A reception-room cut off from a drawing-room by an arch. It’s already light. Trans. cherry trees are in bloom, it is a chilly morning outdoors, in the orchard. Trofimov says: The human race progresses, perfecting its powers. 11. He is waiting in the nursery, with Dunyasha, for Ranevsky to arrive from the train station. In a field. Marks Publishers. Character Name: Peter Trofimov Gender: Male Age Range: 20s - Early Ethnicities: Caucasian Everything that is now beyond his reach will one day become near and comprehensible, only we must work, we must with all our strength help those who are seeking the truth. 0 Monologue(s) - 20s - Early. DU: Almost two. A Jewish band, the one mentioned in Act II, is heard playing in another room. Dunyasha enters, lighting the way with a candle, followed by Lopakhin, who is holding a book.