The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard () 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. Marks Publishers. It opened at the Moscow Art Theatre on 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Konstantin Stanislavski. Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy. Since its first production, directors have contended with its dual nature. It is often identified as one of
The Three Sisters (Ireland) Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford, among others. The lengths of the three rivers of the Three Sisters are the Barrow - 192 km (119 mi), the Suir - 185 km (115 mi) and the Nore - 140 km (87 mi). The combined catchment area of the Three Sisters is 9,207 km, made up of the Suir's (3,610 km), the Barrow's (3,067 km) and the Nore's (2,530 km). The combined long term average flow rate of the Three Sisters into Waterford Harbour is 157 m/s, almost half of which is made up of the Suir's (76.9 m/s), followed by the Nore's (42.9