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Uncle Vanya

American  
[vahn-yuh] / ˈvɑn yə /

noun

  1. a play (1897) by Anton Chekhov.


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The couple were soon appearing together in a series of plays in Chichester, in the UK, including a notable staging of Uncle Vanya.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Sanders, who was an Uncle Vanya for our time, sinks his teeth into the thunderous villainy of Cotchipee.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

He develops a tentative friendship with his young chauffeur while directing a multi-lingual production of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in Hiroshima.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

But neither of these applications included a logo, which may explain why the Uncle Vanya filing got so much media attention.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

The subject of "Uncle Vanya" was a great deal more remote from the Russian audience of today than was the opera of "Samson and Delilah" which I heard last week.

From Russia in 1919 by Ransome, Arthur

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