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Chekhov: Uncle Vanya (The Birth of Modern Theatre)

• 1975 ----- b & w ----- 47 min ----- vhs
• The effort to show the grandeur of everyday life, to see life not as a climax of great events but as the accretion of small non-happenings, the realization that people are composites of meanings and motives--these constitute the vision of modern theatre. In Chekhov, the movement called Realism found its true voice, and nowhere better than in Uncle Vanya. Presents the third act of the quintessential Chekhov performance, with Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Joan Plowright and Rosemary Harris.
• Topics: (Drama, Literature, Soviet Union)

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