Uncle Vanya

Along with Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya is credited as one of Chekhov's masterpieces and a significant precursor of modern drama. Set on a country estate in late nineteenth century Russia, Uncle Vanya is in part a study of the enervation of Russian middle-class provincial life. The major dynamics between the characters themselves are centred on two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. Mixing the tragic and the absurd and dealing with a form that allows for ambiguity and contradiction, Uncle Vanya has been deemed "the first modernist play". (David Lan)

A masterpiece of Russian theatre, this student edition features the definitive translation by acclaimed playwright Michael Frayn.

Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays. Contains the complete text of the play, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of various interpretations; and notes on individual words and phrases in the text

Author: Anton Chekhov
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 09/01/2005
Series: Student Editions
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.83h x 5.10w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9780413774712