{"id":195,"date":"2024-01-03T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:07:08","slug":"february-1998-uncle-vanya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/?page_id=195","title":{"rendered":"February 1998 &#8211; Uncle Vanya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unclevanya1998a.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Playwright &#8211; Anton Chekhov<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue &#8211; Harrogate Studio Theatre<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Director &#8211; Ian Rattee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Serebriakov &#8211; David Larder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yeliena &#8211; Catherine Wilberforce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sonia &#8211; Stella Chatterton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vassilievna &#8211; Inge Little<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vanya &#8211; Michael Crewe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Astrov &#8211; Mike Allen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telyeghin &#8211; Jim Clarke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marina &#8211; Jenny Antram<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Servant &#8211; Pam White \/ Gill Harwood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unclevanya1998d.jpg?w=353\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Harrogate Advertiser Review:<\/strong> Powerful play on the deep and meaningful current of life It would be hard to immagine a more effective production of Uncle Vanya. Set on a country estate in Russia at the end of the last century, the action takes place during a period when professor Serebiakov, Vanya&#8217;s brother-in-law, has come to visit with his second wife, the statuesque Yeliena. It begins with a doctor standing with his back to the audience, staring out at the Russian countryside in all its summer glory, represented by a striking backdrop. Mike Allen gives an assured performance as Doctor Astrov, a vegetarian and idealist who passionately believes in reafforestation because &#8220;trees make people more gentle&#8221;. But he is in the throws of self-doubt and inactivity. &#8220;I&#8217;m becoming a stupid old man, I feel detached somehow&#8221; he tells Marina, the elderly stoicle nurse expertly played by Jenny Antram. Vanya, who appropriately enough is sleeping when the play starts, is similarly disaffected. Infuriated by a cliched comment about the weather, he savagely replies &#8220;yes, it would be nice even to hang yourself on a day like this&#8221;. Director Ian Rattee must be congratulated on his adaptation of the play &#8211; he has carefully updated the language removing anachronisms (&#8220;hospital&#8221; replaced &#8220;medical establishment&#8221;) and the dialogue flows much more freely because of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/1998-plays\/\">Back to 1998 Plays<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thds2.wpcomstaging.com\/history-archive\/\">Back to History\/Archive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast Harrogate Advertiser Review: Powerful play on the deep and meaningful current of life It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676,"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/195\/revisions\/2676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hds-online.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}