for TV, starring Ian Holm and David Warner Vanya on 42nd Street, a 1994 American film version, adapted by David Mamet and directed by Louis Malle. It stars Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore. Originally a little-known studio production, it was later adapted for the screen, where it garnered wider acclaim. Country Life, a 1994 Australian adaptation, set in the Outback, starring Sam Neill as the equivalent of Astrov. August, a 1996 English film adaptation, set in Wales, directed by and starring Anthony Hopkins in the Vanya role. Hopkins played Astrov in a BBC Play of the Month production in 1970. Sonya's Story, an opera adapted by director Sally Burgess, composer Neal Thornton and designer Charles Phu, portraying events in the play Uncle Vanya from the character Sonya's perspective, premiered in 2010. Chekhov: Fast & Furious, a multimedia theatric performance project by the Franco-Austrian performance collective Superamas which translates the themes of the “old” theatre into our time. Premiered in 2018 at the Vienna Festival in Austria. Uncle Vanya, a recording of the interrupted 2020 run at London's Harold Pinter Theatre, adapted by Conor McPherson, starring Aimee Lou Wood, Rosalind Eleazar, Roger Allam, Toby Jones, and Richard Armitage. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to bring the cast back under guidelines and film the play for release in cinemas and later on the BBC. Morbror Vanja, a Swedish language adaptation of the play, was performed at the Åbo Svenska Teater (Turku, Finland) in 2021. Drive My Car, a 2021 film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, includes a production of Uncle Vanya, with the characters echoing the emotional turmoil of Chekhov's characters as they reveal their trauma and deeply complicated feelings. It is based on a short story collection by Haruki Murakami. Awards and nominations Awards 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival Nominations 1992 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival 2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Play See also Chekhov's gun References Further reading External links Productions in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol Full text of Uncle Vanya Uncle Vanya program note from 1957 San Francisco International Film Festival Full English translation via the Gutenberg Project 1897 plays 1899 plays Plays by Anton Chekhov Broadway plays Off-Broadway plays Laurence Olivier Award-winning plays West End plays Russian plays adapted into films Male characters in theatre Theatre characters introduced in 1897 Fictional Russian people