The Cherry Orchard (1973 film)

The Cherry Orchard is a 1973 Australian TV adaptation of the 1904 play by Anton Chekhov.

Cast

 * Googie Withers as Madame Ravensky
 * Frank Thring as Gaev
 * Wendy Hughes
 * Simon Chilvers
 * Sandra Lee Patterson
 * Tony Llewellyn-Jones
 * Michael Duffield
 * Jennifer Claire
 * Irene Inescourt
 * Malcolm Phillips
 * Rod Anderson as Yasha (replacing John Derum from the stage original)
 * Dennis Olsen

Production
Googie Withers appeared in the play for the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1972 directed by John Sumner. The play was also toured throughout Australia in 1973.

It was the second time a Melbourne Theatre Company production had been filmed by the ABC, the previous one being The Man Who Shot the Albatross in 1972.