Name: Uncle Vanya
Rating: 3.612903225806452 (31 reviews)
ISBN: 9781559365901

Anton Chekhov

An exhilarating new translation of a masterwork from Chekhov's canon.

Uncle Vanya

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."

Molly M

Yılmaz Tahtalı

“Spectacular…This new Vanya has a conversational smoothness that removes the cobwebs sticking to those other translations that never let you forget that the play was written in 1897… One of the most exquisite renderings of Uncle Vanya I’ve encountered.” —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times “Quietly arresting… A canny and colloquial world-premiere translation… A beautifully rewarding exploration of stunted lives still bending toward the meager sunlight, like wildflowers sprouting from a cracked sidewalk.” —James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune As the sixth play in the TCG Classic Russian Drama Series, Richard Nelson and preeminent translators of Russian literature, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, continue their collaboration with Chekhov’s most intimate play. Other titles in this series include: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov The Inspector by Nikolai Gogol Molière, or The Cabal of Hypocrites and Don Quixote by Mikhail Bulgakov A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev The Seagull by Anton Chekhov

Charlie

Nour Bassiouny

Louisa

Ibragimova Renata

Kyle Curry

Dmitry Gorshkov

coriander

Pelagia

Francisco Costa

Belle

Kasper E.

Rowan Myers

Anya Reiss

Nothing's new Everything's old. I'm exactly the same as ever Only more lazy More aimless More curmudgeonly...' One of the high points of world drama, Chekhov's bittersweet tale of frustrated lives and unrequited loves - by turns witty, playful, nostalgic and tragic - is captured in all its complexity by Bryony Lavery's spirited, sharply-written adaptation, first produced at Birmingham Rep in 2007.

Toyah Blackburn

Wesley Burton

Gaurav Verma

Uncle Vanya

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