O efeito devastador da beleza

"Uncle Vanya and his family live a quiet life on their estate. But when the old professor comes with his young wife, Yelena, everything changes. The play is about the devastating effect of beauty. (...)
When Yelena comes to the house, Vanya suddenly becomes aware that he has passions, ambitions. He had not experienced this energy before. It is awakened in him. At forty-seven, he is suddenly filled with the desire to accomplish something. It's a little late. He is shattered by the sudden emergence of this needs he never felt earlier.

This is Checkov, and it isn't easy: beauty makes you aware of your own insignificance, of the wastefulness in your life"


Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov