Michael Frayn and the TV series "Making Faces", starring Eleanor Bron. He is now considered to be Britain's finest translator of Anton Chekhov ("The Seagull", "Uncle Vanya", "Three Sisters" and "The Cherry Orchard") as well as an early untitled work, which he titled "Wild Honey" (other translations of the work have called it "Platonov" or "Don Juan in the Russian Manner") and a number of Chekhov's smaller plays for an evening called "The Sneeze" (originally performed on the West End by Rowan Atkinson). He also translated Yuri Trifonov's play "Exchange", Leo Tolstoy's "The Fruits of Enlightenment", and Jean Anouilh's "Number One". In
Uncle Vanya Dostoevsky. In despair, he cries out to his mother, but instead of comforting her son, Maria insists that Vanya listen to the professor. Serebryakov insults Vanya, who storms out of the room. Yelena begs to be taken away from the country and Sonya pleads with her father on Vanya's behalf. Serebryakov exits to confront Vanya further. A shot is heard from offstage and Serebryakov returns, being chased by Vanya, who is wielding a loaded pistol. He fires the pistol again at the professor, but misses. He throws the gun down in disgust and sinks into a chair. As the final