![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t know why the play is called ‘ Uncle Vanya‘, because another character, the doctor Astrov, has a bigger part in the story and speaks many of the beautiful lines. Was it happy or sad? I am not going to tell you that □ The story ends in typical Chekovian fashion. Many of my favourites were spoken by a doctor called Astrov. There are beautiful lines spoken by different characters throughout the play. There is even a gun which goes off in the end. ![]() There is a country estate, there are family, friends and relatives there, they talk for most of the time and there is not much of a plot, there is inappropriate kind of love with one character being in love with another character’s wife or husband, some of the characters contrast the beauty of thought and ideas and aesthetic sensibilities with the humdrum and boredom and challenges of everyday life (I noticed this last thing for the first time when I watched the Russian film adaptation of Chekhov’s play ‘ Platonov‘). ‘ Uncle Vanya‘ starts in typical Chekovian fashion. This is my third Chekhov play after ‘ Three Sisters‘ and ‘ The Seagull‘. I decided to start October with ‘ Uncle Vanya‘ by Anton Chekhov. ![]()
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