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.
Cherry Sisters The Cherry Sisters have been the subject of at least two contemporary theatrical productions: "Cherry Bomb," a comedic musical play produced and performed by 1812 Productions in Philadelphia, and "Cherry Sisters Revisited," a 2006 play by Dan O'Brien. They are featured as forerunners of the outsider music genre in Irwin Chusid's book "Songs in the Key of Z". They are mentioned in William Goldman's novel "The Color of Light". In "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (November 4, 1964), Ozzie Nelson refers to the instance of vegetable throwing at the sisters when they performed on stage. The Cherry Sisters are