By Cal
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qplz/uncle-vanya
Available until: 30th September 2021
It’s only fair to say that if you’re familiar with Uncle Vanya, this play won’t be quite what you’re expecting.
It follows the story. It even follows the text very closely. I don’t know any of this play off by heart, but I occasionally had a look at the text to see how closely it was being followed and other than a few cuts, it seems as though they are mainly following the text. The gist of what they’re saying is the same as the gist of what’s in my translation of the play.
