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Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ an adaptation Chekhov would love, with the great Hugh Bonneville
Why did turn-of-the-20th century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov name “Uncle Vanya” after his play’s most unhappy, most aimless, most pitiful and self-pitying character? As Vanya, actor Hugh ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook What is it about Chekhov’s melancholy inaction hero that makes him, and the play he stars in, so meaningful at all ages? By Jason ...
Laugh-out-loud funny and Chekhov are not words I have often had occasion to use in the same sentence. I've always associated the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov more with Russian misery, with ...
There are many ways to skin the Chekhov cat. There is everything from word-for-word renderings to more imaginative riffs such as Aaron Posner’s wildly beautiful Stupid F***king Bird. What unites them ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Instead of a departure, the writer and director Matthew Gasda’s take on “Uncle Vanya” at the Brooklyn Center for Theater Research tends to adhere to ...
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