Uncle Vanya is designed by Rae Smith, with lighting by Bruno Poet, music by Stephen Warbeck, sound by Ian Dickinson and casting by Amy Ball CDG. Directed by Stuart Burge. Is Uncle Vanya a comedy or tragedy? “Uncle Vanya,” now onstage at The Rogue Theatre, is good comedy. With Michael Redgrave, Robert Lang, Max Adrian, Lewis Casson. ★★★★ Comedy, good comedy, walks a razor’s edge, ready to teeter into tragedy at any moment. This new adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya by Conor McPherson (Girl from the North Country, The Weir) is on at the Harold Pinter Theatre.. Tragedy and Comedy in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" This is the draft of what I'm going to be editing and handing in tomorrow for my Intro to Drama class. I'm not particularly thrilled with Uncle Vanya the play itself from Chekhov, I think The Cherry Orchard is a far better, clearer, and more concise work, still this production must have been a real labor of love for its star Franchot Tone. Realism or absurdism? Her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. Uncle Vanya (Russian: Дядя Ваня, romanized: Dyadya Vanya) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.It was first published in 1898 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski.. Really good comedy. Starring Toby Jones (Detectorists, Captain America) as Vanya and Richard Armitage (The Crucible) as Astrov, the production will be directed by Ian Rickson (Translations, The Seagull). Uncle Vanya review: Toby Jones is in his comic prime in a retooled Chekhov for our times ... Ha! The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased. Short answer: Yes. A melodrama or new realism? Again, this is my intellectual property, and you have no right to claim it as your own, especially if … Don’t miss this astonishing combination of creative talent as they breathe new life into the treasured Chekhov classic. Retired Professor Alexander Serebryakov has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena.