Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-19042012
'It's often said that the best of the Chekhov plays is the one you've seen most recently. 'Uncle Vanya' doesn't have a suicide, like "The Seagull", or an adulterous couple and a duel more or less indistinguishable from murder, like 'Three Sisters'; nor does it seem to announce the end of an era, ...