5/19/2023 0 Comments Uncle vanya david mametYelena is exquisitely performed by Rachael Stirling. Not only is his ailing body a miserable reminder of old age, but the presence of his young beautiful wife, Yelena, evokes in him further self pity. The estate is his and there is no question in his mind that they are all are there to serve him and dance attendance on his every whim. Despite his ceaseless whingeing about his gout and numerous other ailments, his voice thunders and he commands presence and respect. In this adaptation, Philip Voss's superbly acted Professor Serebryakov, is a fierce old man. All characters are dressed casually and none is stooping to demonstrate old age, not even the revered retired moaner, Professor Serebryakov. The overall impact of this layout is of a large yet intimate space. Some steps lead up to the backdrop of the adjacent elevated stage, which appears as a distant room where discarded furniture and household items are abandoned. The large stage provides a sort of an open-plan interior, where the front extension of the stage has a few chairs and a single round table. Mamet's adaptation of the play infuses its very own music into Chekhov's dialogue and monologues and effortlessly imports the play into the twenty-first century. Today, in the long shadow cast by an notable past, the Hall provides an inspiring setting for this fabulous production of Uncle Vanya. The sound of classical overtures may well have reverberated in the Wilton's Music Hall a mere year before Anton Chekhov was born.
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