Uncle Vanya

[vahn-yuh]

noun

1. a play (1897) by Anton Chekhov.

Example Sentences

He was a regular at the venue in the 1980s and 90s, playing roles including Macbeth, but reportedly fell out with an artistic director over plans to appear in Uncle Vanya for its 25th anniversary.

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Directed by Sam Yates — co-creator and director of “Vanya,” Andrew Scott’s one-man “Uncle Vanya,” currently a hot theater ticket in NYC — “Toward Zero,” based on a 1944 novel, falls securely in the loose camp.

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The ending of “Uncle Vanya,” a theatrical oil painting of human endurance, is exquisitely executed.

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Simon Godwin, artistic director of Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., pulls off this feat in “Uncle Vanya,” a production at Berkeley Repertory Theatre that has one foot in the 21st century and another at the turn of the 20th.

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“Uncle Vanya,” in short, isn’t a television drama, much as contemporary actors trained for the camera might barrel forward in a mumbling Netflix fashion.

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