Andrew Hilton at the Neuss Festival in Germany in 2015, 2016 & 2017, and at the Craiova International Festival in Romania in 2016. While Shakespeare has clearly been his main focus, Hilton has attracted high praise for his three Chekhov productions - "Three Sisters", "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard - "and also for his productions of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" and Friel's "Living Quarters". In most of his work Hilton works in collaboration with the playwright, Dominic Power, who edits Shakespeare with him and has also contributed new scenes to "Measure for Measure", "The Changeling,The Taming of
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