Uncle Vanya @ Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London
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Trevor Nunn’s wonderfully humane version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, in which all the characters count and are treated kindly; we could see their thought processes. There is even a Gogol joke moment — ‘Government Inspector?!!!’ James Lance was a tenderly romantic and distracted Uncle Vanya, failing to work or find his purpose on a country estate alongside Sonya (Madeleine Gray), his mother Maria (Susan Tracy), an aging servant Marina (Juliet Garricks) and his friends. Their lives are enlivened by visits from the local doctor Astrov (Andrew Richardson), who as an early climate change warrior wants to plant trees and ‘green’ the landscape again, even rewilding.
Uncle Vanya @ Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London
Uncle Vanya @ Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond…
Uncle Vanya @ Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, London
Trevor Nunn’s wonderfully humane version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, in which all the characters count and are treated kindly; we could see their thought processes. There is even a Gogol joke moment — ‘Government Inspector?!!!’ James Lance was a tenderly romantic and distracted Uncle Vanya, failing to work or find his purpose on a country estate alongside Sonya (Madeleine Gray), his mother Maria (Susan Tracy), an aging servant Marina (Juliet Garricks) and his friends. Their lives are enlivened by visits from the local doctor Astrov (Andrew Richardson), who as an early climate change warrior wants to plant trees and ‘green’ the landscape again, even rewilding.