Word: vanya
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...initiators of the series, Britain's Granada Television, approached the adaptation of Jewel with a method that seemed like madness. Half of the episodes were directed by Television Veteran Christopher Morahan, 55 (Uncle Vanya, Old Times), the other half by Jim O'Brien, 37, who has directed a number of documentaries and theatrical productions. In addition, the film makers decided to brave four months' shooting on location in India, an adventure that involved wrangling 300 containers of equipment past vigilant customs officers, recruiting local beggars to act as extras and running up a tab of $7 million...
...Russian or an American bead of state visited the other country during their tenure. Reagan, indeed, seems to have a grand imaginative disdain for Russia, as if it were really not a country worth visiting, but a land where savage Darth Vaders punish and abuse helpless Ivan and Vanyas. Unfortunately for Mr. Reagan's Jim and Sally, however, Jvan and Vanya are part of a very powerful country which seeks to negotiate with the same self-confidence and self-respect that Jim and Sally feel it will not do for the United States President to continue admonishing the Soviets...
...eloquence-imparted in a notorious whisper that seemed to compel attention-galvanizing. "I never heard anyone talk about the theater with the intelligence and the excitement and the interest that that man had," said Lillian Gish, who returned from Hollywood to star in Harris' 1930 staging of Uncle Vanya. He brought off such notable productions as The Green Bay Tree (1933), Our Town, in its world premiere (1938) and The Heiress...
...Seagull a second chance. Their 1898 production of the play proved an enormous critical and commercial success, and led to the collaboration that established the Art Theater as one of the most prestigious in the world. It also inspired Chekhov to write his three greatest dramatic masterpieces. Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard...
Radcliffe Crew Uncle Vanya-- Loeb Aladdin-- Agassiz Student Assembly Intramurals...