Uncle Vanya Lesson Plan

Uncles Vanya: Chekhov in Adaptation

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will watch a staged production of Uncle Vanya and compare to the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

As a class, watch the "Theatre Close-Up" filmed performance of Uncle Vanya, linked here: https://www.thirteen.org/programs/theater-close-up/uncle-vanya-n2pi78/

Then, discuss the following questions as a group:

- After analyzing Uncle Vanya as a written text, how does it feel to see it performed? Does anything surprise you about this particular production, or about the experience as a whole?

- Give an example of a scene or...