Look back in Vanya: my encounters with Chekhov's classic over 60 years
From Rome to Paris to London, Uncle Vanya delivers fresh meanings wherever and whenever it's performed Which is Chekhov's greatest play? It tends to be the one you've seen most recently. But my own personal favourite is Uncle Vanya. It may not have the symphonic richness of Three Sisters or The Cherry Orchard but it confronts personal failure unflinchingly and, because of its awareness of climate crisis, currently se…