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Name: Uncle Vanya
Author: Anton Chekhov

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Drama

Alexandr Valdimirovitch Serebryakov, an elderly professor, and his beautiful and much younger wife, Yelena Andreyevna, return from the city to their country estate, which once belonged to Serebryakov’s late first wife. The estate is managed by Serebryakov’s daughter, Sonya, and his brother-in-law, Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky (the titular “Uncle Vanya”). Voynitsky’s friend, the country doctor Mihail Lvovitch Astrov, goes to and from the estate, and is bored with his life. Sonya...

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Dramatis Personae

Alexandr Valdimirovitch Serebryakov (a retired Professor) Yelena Andreyevna (his wife, aged 27) Sofya Alexandrovna (Sonya) (his daughter by his first wife) Marya Vassilyevna Voynitsky (widow of a Priv...

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Act 1

Garden. Part of the house can be seen with the verandah. In the avenue under an old poplar there is a table set for tea. Garden seats and chairs; on one of the seats lies a guitar. Not far from the ta...

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Act 2

Dining-room in Serebryakov’s house. Night. A watchman can be heard tapping in the garden. Serebryakov: Serebryakov, sitting in an armchair before an open window, dozing, and Yelena Andreyevna sitting ...

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Act 3

The drawing-room in Serebryakov’s house. Three doors: on the right, on the left and in the middle. Daytime. Voynitsky: Voynitsky and Sonya seated, and Yelena Andreyevna walking about the stage, thinki...

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Act 4

Voynitsky’s room: it is his bedroom and also his office. In the window there is a big table covered with account books and papers of all sorts; a bureau, bookcases, scales. A smaller table, for Astrov...

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