Sporting a comically luxuriant Cossack mustache that is strangely absent from the play’s official poster image, Everett plays Vanya in a generously modulated performance that leaves room for the rest of his broad ensemble cast to shine. Even with Everett’s fame and Hare’s track record, this short Bath premiere run is not guaranteed a London transfer. There is a subtlety and grace to this handsomely dressed production, but also a kind of starchy restraint that feels more timid than tasteful. Cannes: Diane Keaton to Lead Comedy 'Arthur's Whiskey' Alongside Patricia Hodge, David Harewoodīut their shared chemistry proves less fruitful here, as Hare’s prosaic interpretation and Everett’s inert direction tease out little that’s new from Chekhov’s famously ambivalent state-of-the-nation drama about 19th century Russia’s indolent, self-pitying bourgeoisie.
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