Joanna Murray-Smith’s new adaptation of Uncle Vanya reminds us Chekhov’s play is both timeless and timely
- Written by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
Prudence Upton/Ensemble TheatreVirginia Woolf always maintained that, of all of the great writers, the British novelist Jane Austen “is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness”.
To my mind, the groundbreaking Russian playwright Anton Chekhov gives Austen a close run for her money. He is also, as one tends to find when...
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