Uncle Vanya (1963 film) Uncle Vanya (1963 film) Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the work "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Stuart Burge. It was a filmed version of the Chichester Festival production, directed by (and starring) Laurence Olivier as Astrov, and also starring Michael Redgrave (Vanya), Rosemary Harris (Elena), and Joan Plowright (Sonya). Harold Hobson of the "Sunday Times" described the production as "the admitted master achievement in British twentieth-century theatre", while "The New Yorker" called it "probably the best 'Vanya' in English we shall ever see". Later films of noted stage productions by Olivier
The Cherry Orchard the day's events. Gayev is distant, virtually catatonic, and goes to bed without saying a word of the outcome of the auction. When Ranevskaya asks who bought the estate, Lopakhin reveals that he himself is the purchaser and intends to chop down the orchard with his axe. Ranevskaya, distraught, clings to Anya, who tries to calm her and reassure her that the future will be better now that the cherry orchard has been sold. Several weeks later, once again in the nursery (as in Act I), the family's belongings are being packed away as the family prepares to leave the