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Uncle Vanya (1963 film)

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First performance
  
1898

Original language
  
Russian Language

Language
  
English

Director
  
Stuart Burge

Playwright
  
Anton Chekhov

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

Uncle Vanya (1963 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Anton Chekhov
,
Constance Garnett

Release date
  
20 November 1963 (UK)

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Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the work Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Stuart Burge. It was a filmed version of the Chichester Festival production, directed by (and starring) Laurence Olivier as Astrov, and also starring Michael Redgrave (Vanya), Rosemary Harris (Elena), and Joan Plowright (Sonya).

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Laurence olivier as doctor astrov in chekhov s uncle vanya 1963


Cast

  • Max Adrian as Professor Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov
  • Lewis Casson as Ilya Ilych Telegin
  • Fay Compton as Maria Vasilyevna Voynitsky
  • Rosemary Harris as Helena Andreyevna Serebryakov (Yelena)
  • Robert Lang as Yefim
  • Laurence Olivier as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov
  • Joan Plowright as Sofia Alexandrovna Serebryakov (Sonya)
  • Michael Redgrave as Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky ("Uncle Vanya")
  • Sybil Thorndike as Marina Timofeevna

    • Reception

    Harold Hobson of the Sunday Times described the production as "the admitted master achievement in British twentieth-century theatre" while The New Yorker called it "probably the best 'Vanya' in English we shall ever see".

    Later films of noted stage productions by Olivier included Othello (1965) and The Dance of Death (1969).

    References

    Uncle Vanya (1963 film) Wikipedia
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