The Seagull young choreographer and Trigorin as an older, more conventional choreographer. An earlier ballet in two acts, by Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, was first performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow in 1980. The 2003 film "La petite Lili" from director Claude Miller, starring Ludivine Sagnier as Nina renamed Lili, updates Chekhov's play to contemporary France in the world of the cinema. In 2004, American playwright Regina Taylor's African-American adaptation, "Drowning Crow", was performed on Broadway. Emily Mann wrote and directed an adaptation called "A Seagull in the Hamptons". The play premiered at the McCarter Theatre May 2008. Libby Appel did a
The Cherry Orchard the day's events. Gayev is distant, virtually catatonic, and goes to bed without saying a word of the outcome of the auction. When Ranevskaya asks who bought the estate, Lopakhin reveals that he himself is the purchaser and intends to chop down the orchard with his axe. Ranevskaya, distraught, clings to Anya, who tries to calm her and reassure her that the future will be better now that the cherry orchard has been sold. Several weeks later, once again in the nursery (as in Act I), the family's belongings are being packed away as the family prepares to leave the