Uncle Vanya

A play made of everyday routine and insignificant conversations, where everything truly important happens offstage. A turning-point work for Chekhov himself—and for world drama as a whole.

“Uncle Vanya” becomes the perfect bridge from “The Seagull” to “Three Sisters” and “The Cherry Orchard.” All the characters in “Uncle Vanya” strive to escape their world—if only to breathe some air at the very end. But the fact that this is impossible forces one hero, Ivan Voynitsky, to shoot his brother-in-law, while the other, Sonya, delivers an impassioned monologue about the heaven of diamonds that can only be seen from beyond the coffin.