
Uncle Vanya
Drama filmed in London's Harold Pinter Theatre. Secret loves and long-held resentments threaten to tear a family apart in Anton Chekhov’s classic play, a tender exploration of human frailty.
Sonya and her Uncle Vanya throw their lives into maintaining the crumbling family estate, only visited occasionally by the radical and inspiring local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya’s father, Professor Serebryakov, suddenly returns with his restless, alluring, new wife Yelena, long-hidden truths start to emerge.
As the fractured family are forced to confront their longing, loneliness and each other, can the beauty of life help them find new hope? Following its critically acclaimed opening in London in early 2020, Sonia Friedman Productions’ stunning, five-star Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov's masterpiece, was abruptly halted as the world went into lockdown.
Now, as the majority of theatres across the world remain in darkness, Uncle Vanya’s ensemble cast overcome the considerable challenges of working in a global pandemic, returning to the Harold Pinter Theatre to film an exciting new hybrid of film and theatre - far more than simply a capture of the play.
Full of tumultuous frustration and hidden passions, but brimming with hope and optimism for the future, Uncle Vanya is a must-see event for our times.
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"Why didn't I steal the money?"
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Serebryakov | Roger Allam |
Astrov | Richard Armitage |
Nana | Anna Calder-Marshall |
Yelena | Rosalind Eleazar |
Vanya | Toby Jones |
Mariya | Dearbhla Molloy |
Sonya | Aimee Lou Wood |
Telegin | Peter Wight |
Writer | Conor McPherson |
Director | Ian Rickson |
Broadcast
- Wed 30 Dec 2020 22:00
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