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Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Uncle Vanya (Columbus)
by Anton Chekhov
Broadway
Highlights
120 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award
Winner! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play Nominee: 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival Top 10 in 2012: Charles Isherwood, The New York Times Top 10 in 2012: Scott Brown, New York Magazine
Synopsis
Chekhov s tragicomedy, replete with the kinds of characters we have come to know as Chekhovian, incorporates unrequited loves and a murder plot while exploring the social roles of women and the notion of progress.
Curt Columbus s splendid new translation and adaptation underscores the contemporary relevance of this prophetic play.
Press Reviews
"Annie Baker’s colloquial version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya is more than a modern-dress treatment of a classic work. It’s a fresh rethinking of the material from the perspective of a modern mind."
— Variety
"This strikingly intimate Uncle Vanya is one of the summer’s hot tickets."
— The New York Times
"The most intimate and engaging exploration of Chekhov’s bleak comedy since Andre Gregory’s Vanya on 42nd Street more than 20 years ago."
— Bloomberg News
"A soul-satisfying Uncle Vanya."
— Philly Inquirer
"Baker’s strikingly colloquial (yet remarkably faithful) translation... eliminates any distance we might feel from these universal characters first created over 100 years ago, but recognizable to – and in – each one of us."
— TheaterMania
Characters
| Character |
|---|
SEREBRYAKOV, ALEXANDER VLADIMIROVICH A retired professor. |
YELENA ANDREYEVNA His wife, 27 years old. |
SOPHIA ALEXANDROVNA (SONYA) His daughter from his first marriage. |
VOINITSKAYA, MARIA VASILYEVNA Widow of a Privy Councillor, mother of the professor’s first wife. |
VOINITSKY, IVAN PETROVICH (VANYA) Her son. |
ASTROV, MIKHAIL LVOVICH A doctor. |
TELEGIN, ILYA ILYICH An impoverished landowner. |
MARINA An old nanny. |
YEFIM Hired Man/Night Watchman. |
Videos
Uncle Vanya – LCT Teaser Trailer
Available Editions
Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year1984
BindingPaperback
EditionYoung, trans.
Pages61
ISBN-139780573617393
ISBN-100573617392
Uncle Vanya (Columbus) is a comedy play written by Anton Chekhov and published by Samuel French (1984).
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Young, trans.
Samuel French · 1984 · 61 pp
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