The Cherry Orchard Cherry Orchard" was Chekhov's tribute to himself. Many of the characters in the play hearken back to his earlier works and are based on people he knew in his own life. It should also be noted that his boyhood house was bought and torn down by a wealthy man that his mother had considered a friend. The breaking guitar string in acts 2 and 4 hark back to his earliest works. Finally the classic "loaded gun" that appears in many of Chekhov's plays appears here, but this is his only play in which a gun is shown but not fired.
The Orchard (company) Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley (singer)), Cleopatra Records (with artists including Blackburner, Morteza Pashaei, Mohsen Yeganeh, Queensrÿche, Sons of Hippies and William Shatner) and Frenchkiss Records (Bloc Party, Drowners, Les Savy Fav, Local Natives), who partnered with The Orchard in 2012 to create Frenchkiss Label Group in addition to their digital and physical deals with the company. In 2014, the partnership expanded even further when The Orchard acquired Frenchkiss Records outright. Artists who have signed individual deals with The Orchard include Dionne Warwick, Adrian Younge, Tracy Lawrence, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Boyz II Men, who released their album of re-recorded