![]() ![]() It has its flaws, notably the woefully miscast Keira Naughton in the pivotal role of Sonya, but it also has so much to recommend it that I urge you to go. However this is the production of Uncle Vanya that is available to you to see right now, and I would encourage you to do so. While the Barrington Stage production, directed by Julianne Boyd is very good, and uses the same excellent translation by Paul Schmidt, it will never take the place of Daisy Walker’s staging in my heart. ![]() It is one of those productions, out of the hundreds and hundreds that I have seen, which will stay with me always. I was clear in my review of the Hubbard Hall production of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in May that I considered it as close to perfection as possible. One of the trickiest things about being a theatre critic is having to review different productions of the same play in close succession, particularly if the first one you see really moves you. ![]()
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