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Encyclopedia > Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov (left) and Maxim Gorky in Yalta.
Anton Chekhov (left) and Maxim Gorky in Yalta.

Uncle Vanya is a tragicomic play by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Its first major performance was in1900 under the direction of Stanislavski. 1900, Yalta. ... Gorkys autographed portrait Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28; March 16 Old Style, 1868–June 14, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Soviet/Russian author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. ... View of Yalta Yalta (Russian: Ялта) is a town in the Crimea in southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ... Tragicomedy (or dark comedy or black comedy) refers to fictional works that blend aspects of the genres of tragedy and comedy. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... Konstantin (Constantin) Stanislavski (Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский / Алексе́ев) (January 5, 1863 - August 7, 1938) was a Russian theatre and acting innovator. ...


Its major characters include Serebrakoff, a retired professor; Helena (or Yelena), his young and beautiful second wife; Sonia, his plain daughter by his first marriage; Ivan Voynitsky ("Uncle Vanya"), Sonia's uncle; and Astroff, a doctor.

Several well known film adaptations of Uncle Vanya exist. "Country Life," an Australian version, stars Sam Neil as the country doctor. Sir Anthony Hopkins directed and starred in "August," an English film version. A 1994 American film version, adapted by David Mamet and directed by Louis Malle, was entitled, Vanya on 42nd Street. Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 - November 23, 1995) was a French film director. ... Vanya on 42nd Street was a 1994 film by Louis Malle and Andre Gregory, based on the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. ...


Actors who have appeared in notable productions of "Uncle Vanya" include Laurence Olivier, Constantin Stanislavsky, Michael Redgrave, Christopher Walken, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Wallace Shawn, and Jullianne Moore.


External links

  • Full text of Uncle Vanya in the original Russian
  • Read Uncle Vanya online in English

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Literary Encyclopedia: Diadia Vania [Uncle Vanya] (3386 words)
Uncle Vanya can be seen in the context of this topical debate about sexuality: Chekhov was amused by Tolstoy's crackpot assumption that the sexual urge was not natural for women, and his equally bizarre notion that Christians must fight the enemy in the bedroom by integrating ideals of chastity into marriage.
Vanya's rage when she reproaches him for ceasing to be a convincing member of this fraudulent intelligentsia is understandable, but the bitter resentment and self-pity that leads him to claim that “I might have been a Schopenhauer, a Dostoevsky” exposes the ridiculousness of his self-parodying angst.
Vanya is still in the histrionic throes of self-pity but as his encounter with Astrov goes on, it becomes clearer that it is no longer the aftermath of the Serebryakov debacle that feeds his self-pity, it is the stealing of Yelena by his old friend that hurts most.
Stephen Dillane in Uncle Vanya (4016 words)
This "Uncle Vanya" is nearly an hour longer than most stagings of this play, and yet it speeds by, taking with it an audience sensitized to life's ongoing ache for which this fearlessly modern play and production are any theater lover's balm.
Vanya carries his body like a physical burden; he has also absorbed his suffering to the point where he is nourished by it.
Vanya is an angry obsessive who sees everywhere a mockery of his own wasted potential: when his mother refers to him as a "guiding light" he reacts with undisguised venom.
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