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Chekhov is such a master at portraying beautifully everyday life. We explore eight different characters as Elena and the professor visits their country home and completely alter everyone’s schedule and activities.
We get interesting reflections of what happens when we allow ourselves to get into a rut or mingle with people that don’t challenge us…
(Astrov) “You’re surrounded by misfits, nothing but misfits; you live with them for two or three years and gradually, imperceptibly, turn into a ...more
Chekhov is such a master at portraying beautifully everyday life. We explore eight different characters as Elena and the professor visits their country home and completely alter everyone’s schedule and activities.
We get interesting reflections of what happens when we allow ourselves to get into a rut or mingle with people that don’t challenge us…
(Astrov) “You’re surrounded by misfits, nothing but misfits; you live with them for two or three years and gradually, imperceptibly, turn into a ...more
I've read and liked Chekov's short stories, but Uncle Vanya struck me as an overwrought, late 19th-century melodrama during which nothing much happens. (view spoiler) The characters intr
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The comic tragedy of lost hopes and stifled passion set in 1890s Russia. Christopher Hampton's adaptation stars Robert Stephens.
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