Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov
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Uncle Vanya

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Jennifer Bassey

Unabridged: 2 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 01/30/2014

Genre: Drama - Russian & Former Soviet Union

Synopsis

In this classic of Chekhovs canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professors new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the towns melancholy doctor. Includes a conversation with Rosamund Bartlett, author of Chekhov: Scenes from a Life. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring: Josh Radnor as Astrov Stacy Keach as Vanya Holley Fain as Yelena Anna Mathias as Marina Jennifer Bassey as Mariya JD Cullum as Telegin Martin Jarvis as Professor Serebryakov Devon Sorvari as Sonya Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience. Coauthors: Adapted By David Mamet From A Translation By Vlada Chernornirdik

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