Uncle Vanya, Lyric, Belfast
Lyric, Belfast : It's Russian and it's Irish. It's Chekov and it's Friel. The elision of two theatrical traditions, two national cultures, two masters of drama is so seamlessly effected in this skilful reworking that it is difficult to distinguish where one ends and the other begins. Mick Gordon's carefully crafted, contemporary revival owes much of its impact to Igor Vasiljev's minimal,…