A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Uncle Vanya (Baker, trans.)
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 4f, 5m
Annie Baker, Anton Chekhov, Margarita Shalina
Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Annie Baker
Working with a literal translation by Margarita Shalina and
the original Russian text
Winner! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play
Nominee! 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival
“You know, I used to think that being a creep meant you were sick or abnormal, but lately I’ve come to the conclusion that we’re all creeps. Everyone in the world, behaving naturally, is a complete creep.”
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Cast Size
4f, 5m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Not Applicable -
Suggested Use
- Monologues
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Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Nominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play
Top 10 in 2012! Charles Isherwood, The New York Times
Top 10 in 2012! Scott Brown, New York Magazine
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting The action takes place on Serebryakov’s estate.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Not Applicable
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Alcohol
Media
Winner! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival of a Play
Nominee! 2013 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play Revival
“This strikingly intimate Uncle Vanya is one of the summer’s hot tickets” - The New York Times
“Wholly absorbing." - Time Out New York
“Devastatingly beautiful…Go see it. People are going to be talking about this one for years.” - Village Voice
“Annie Baker’s colloquial version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya is more than a modern-dress treatment of a classic work. It’s a fresh rethinking of the material from the perspective of a modern mind.” - Variety
“The most intimate and engaging exploration of Chekhov’s bleak comedy since Andre Gregory’s Vanya on 42nd Street more than 20 years ago.” - Bloomberg News
“a soul-satisfying Uncle Vanya.” - Philly Inquirer
“Baker’s strikingly colloquial (yet remarkably faithful) translation…eliminates any distance we might feel from these universal characters first created over 100 years ago, but recognizable to - and in - each one of us.” - TheaterMania
“Chekhov's 1898 masterpiece…as low-frills, intimate and homemade as possible.” - The New York Times
“Top 10 things on the New York stage…” - New York Daily News
“Baker practices…astonishing verbal magic “ - The Paris Review
Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Please submit a license request to determine availability.
Authors
Annie Baker
Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian playwright and author. He is considered to be one of the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem. Chekhov practiced as a medical ...
