Abstract: This paper presents a detailed analysis of the Belgian production of the English version of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard performed for the Dublin Theatre Festival (DTF) in 2015. It is divided into two (2) major parts. Following the trajectory of their meaning-making process through the study of all theatrical elements in the making of a coherent performance, the first part is guided by the theories of McAuley (1999) and Pavis (2013) as well as their proposed schemas of performance analysis. The more-thematic second part emphasises on the manifestations of the notions of liminality and carnival as proposed by Turner (1967) and Bakhtain (1984). Because Michael Frayn demonstrated a complex understanding of Chekhov’s (1986) work and his characters in his introduction of the volume, his translation of the play is selected for textual references.
Keywords: Analysis, Ritual, Carnival, Liminality, Tg Stan, the Cherry Orchard.
Title: Theatrical Analysis: Liminality and Carnival in Tg STAN’s Production of The Cherry Orchard
Author: Maha Alatawi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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