Chexovi Alublis Baghi

Abstract

The Georgian narrative of A.P. Chekhov's
"The Cherry Orchard"
Abstract
Chekhov was loved, read and translated in Georgia even until he
was alive. This was enhanced by two arrivals of Russian writer in
Georgia (1888, 1900 years) and meeting with Georgian intellectual
elite.
First translations of Chekhov belong to 1889 year. Grigol Volskii
(Umtsiparidze) translated the play “Medvedi~. In 1890 M. Nasidze
made theatrical version of “Ivanov~, in 1903 “Diadia Vania~ was
translated. At the end of XIX century 24 works were already
translated into Georgian. At the first stage of translation and
throughout the beginning of XX century theatrical adaptations were
predominant. Tradition continues even in XX century. In our article
we paid our attention to translations of the last play of A.P. Chekhov
“Vishnovii Sad~. Hoping to perform on Georgian stage 4 translations
were done: in 1905 by the translator and actress Sofio Tsitsishvili, in
1954 by the writer, actor and producer Shalva Dadiani, in 1990 by
the poet Mikhail Qvlividze an in 2004 by the translator Manana
Antadze.
Studying “Georgian Chekhovina~ it is obligatory to consider
translation trend and methodology of the beginning of XX century,
1950-s and the end of century. Georgian translations of “Vishniovii
Sad~ reflected the hope to prepare the text for future plays on
Georgian stage.