Uncle Vanya | Essays and Criticism

  • Indirect Action in Uncle Vanya

    Judd is a writer and book reviewer with an M.F.A. in English from the University of Michigan and a B.A. from Yale. In this essay, she discusses various the methods of indirect action employed by Chekhov in Uncle Vanya.

  • Tchekov and the Stage Society

    In this review of Uncle Vanya, MacCarthy appraises Chekhov’s work as a unique dramatic achievement in the sense that, while its subject matter is not sensational or thrilling, it is nevertheless a griping, ‘‘violently interesting’’ example of theatrical craft.

  • Uncle Vanya

    Rayfield provides an overview of Uncle Vanya, discussing the manner in which Chekhov was able resurrect one of his biggest flops, The Wood Demon, as a new play that would come to be regarded as one of his masterworks.