uncle vanya

     

Chekhov uncle whose last line is "Oh, if you only knew how my heart aches!"

Trivia about uncle vanya

  • In a Chekhov play, this title character runs the estate of his brother-in-law, a pompous professor
  • This title character of a Chekhov play has a niece named Sonia
  • Anton Chekhov's"U.V."
  • This Chekhov hero's real name is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky
  • If it was named for a different character, this 1899 Chekhov play would be "Niece Sonya"
  • George C. Scott & Julie Christie shared the stage in this play in '73 with a very avuncular Nicol Williamson
  • He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky