Props and Costume List
for The Cherry Orchard
The following are lists by act of costumes and props needed for that act.
Highlighted topics have links to pictures. For images of room interiors, go to architecture.

For more on clothing of the times, see the following pages of costume.org's timeline of costume history: The Belle Epoque, 1900-1910, and sketches from the time of Checkhov.
Also see my pages on the first production and other productions for pictures of other costumes and sets used in the past.

ACT I
Setting: The Nursery of the Gayev manor house. May. The Cherry Orchard is in bloom.

PROPS
candle and holder
book
chair
washstand
bouquet
Kvas (a kind of beer)
stick (cane)
little dog on a chain
luggage from Paris and Russia
pocketwatch
coffee--and cups
brooch in shape of bee
rubles
lap robe
bookcase (from 1790s)
table (also old)
box of hard candies
pills (and pillbox)

COSTUMES
(as designated in script)
Dunyasha: maid's clothing
Lopakhin: merchant. white waistcoat, tan shoes
Yepikhodov: polished boots, jacket
Firs: Livery, high hat
Ranevskaya, Anya, Varya, Charlotta: travel clothing
 

ACT II
Setting: Meadow on the estate near an abandoned chapel with tombstones and a well.

PROPS
guitar
hunting gun with buckle on strap
cucumber
hand mirror, face powder
cigar
revolver
purse
gold coins
telegram
box of hard candies
 

COSTUMES
Charlotta: forage cap, hunting clothes
Stranger: shabby white forage cap, overcoat
 

ACT III

Setting: Drawing room with chandelier, next to ballroom. August.

PROPS
seltzer water
deck of cards
 lap robe
candelabrum on table
handkerchief
telegram

COSTUMES
The costumes are not specified in the script, however, it can be assumed all are dressed for a formal ball--dance attire.

Also needed for Act III are waltz and rond music, and sounds of a billiard game.

ACT IV

Setting: Same as Act I, only empty. Luggage piled up.

PROPS
champagne glasses
rubbers
wallet
rubles
watch, for woman
umberella
little dog

COSTUMES
Ranevskaya, Anya, Varya, Charlotta, Dunyasaha: Travelling clothes. inc. hat and coat
Gayev, Yasha: Travelling clothes. Including coats.
Trofimov: overcoat
Lopakhin: overcoat
Firs: jacket and white waistcoat, slippers.

Most important in this act is the sound of an axe chopping down a cherry tree.
 
 

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