Uncle Vanya Characters

I'm a Loser, BabyPoor Uncle Vanya. He's got it rough. But what's not so rough for us is that if we can understand his character, we will get the point of the whole play. First of all, he's the titl...

Gossip GirlA lot of what we know about Yelena Andreyevna, the wife of Serebryakov, we learn from what other people say about her. She's kind of a mysterious figure, because she's the newest additio...

Grouches of the World, UniteIf we had to make a puppet of Professor Serebryakov, he'd probably end up looking like this. In a word, Serebryakov is grouchy. In a few more words, he's a know-it-all,...

Doctor LoveWhat's up, Doc? That's the question on everybody's mind in this tempest in a teacup. He doesn't even know it (or does he?), but Doctor Astrov is highly coveted among the inhabitants of t...

Plain JaneIt's tough to be Sonya. Like Yelena, she's a woman (well, obviously). Now, in the world of Uncle Vanya, this means that even if she has some smarts, power, and a good work ethic, she's st...

There's not all that much to say about Marina. She's almost always in the background, never interjecting much or doing enough to change the course of the play. Her role in the family is nyanya, whi...

If you've heard one mother-in-law joke, you've heard them all, but Mariya is the exception to the rule. She's crazy about her son-in-law Serebryakov (her late daughter's husband) and actually seems...