Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Laurence Olivier and Stuart Burge. It was a filmed version of the Chichester Festival Theatre production, starring Laurence Olivier as Astrov, Michael Redgrave as (Vanya), Rosemary Harris as (Elena), and Joan Plowright as (Sonya). Cast Max Adrian as Professor Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov Sir Lewis Casson as Ilya Ilych Telegin Fay Compton as Mariya Vasilyevna Voynitsky Rosemary Harris as Helena (Yelena) Andreyevna Serebryakov Robert Lang as Yefim Laurence Olivier as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov Joan Plowright as Sofia "Sonya" Alexandrovna Serebryakov Sir Michael Redgrave as Ivan Petrovich ("Uncle Vanya") Voynitsky Dame Sybil Thorndike as Marina Timofeevna Reception Harold Hobson of the Sunday Times described the production as "the admitted master achievement in British twentieth-century theatre", while The New Yorker called it "probably the best 'Vanya' in English we shall ever see". Notes