Andrew Hilton at the Neuss Festival in Germany in 2015, 2016 & 2017, and at the Craiova International Festival in Romania in 2016. While Shakespeare has clearly been his main focus, Hilton has attracted high praise for his three Chekhov productions - "Three Sisters", "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard - "and also for his productions of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" and Friel's "Living Quarters". In most of his work Hilton works in collaboration with the playwright, Dominic Power, who edits Shakespeare with him and has also contributed new scenes to "Measure for Measure", "The Changeling,The Taming of
Uncle Vanya act opens, a few hours later, Marina and Telegin wind wool and discuss the planned departure of Serebryakov and Yelena. When Vanya and Astrov enter, Astrov says that in this district only he and Vanya were "decent, cultured men" and that ten years of "narrow-minded life" have made them vulgar. Vanya has stolen a vial of Astrov’s morphine, presumably to commit suicide; Sonya and Astrov beg him to return the narcotic, which he eventually does. Yelena and Serebryakov bid everyone farewell. When Yelena says goodbye to Astrov, she admits to having been carried away by him, embraces him, and takes