A review by jamestomasino
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

3.0

The more Russian lit I get through the more clear that soul of a people becomes. This is a brutal play through small things. I read it at the same time as a novella about small joys and evils in Ireland and the two resonanted well. It's hard to judge the craftsmanship of dialogue or character in a play like this one, made of a different time and place. I think it nails its goals well. I'd like to see it performed sometime. I expect there's a lot more depth I'm missing which would come through in performance.