UNCLE VANYA, by Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Gavin Bantock Great Dramas for Student Actors, Vol. 5

UNCLE VANYA, by Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Gavin Bantock
Great Dramas for Student Actors, Vol. 5

The least known but probably the greatest of Chekhov's major plays.

A deeply moving drama of frustration and failure - unfulfilled love, broken dreams, academic insignificance, thwarted ambitions, and the emptiness of wasted youth.

The main characters - Professor Serebriakov, his second wife Elena, his daughter Sonya, her Uncle Vanya, and their talkative neighbour Doctor Astrov - all feel a deep dissatisfaction with their past and present lives and see little hope in the future.

A tragedy about things that do not happen - punctuated by violent outbursts of passion, impulsive actions and unexpected moments of humour.

A play deeply concerned with the destruction of the natural environment - a subject highly relevant in the modern world, even though the play was written over a hundred years ago.