Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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UNCLE VANYA Directed by Lee Kahn Setting and lighting by Sam Bell Steves, III Chekhov ' s ' realism ' is not the sort in which things are seen from a single point of view and made to look simple and certain. It is a realism which is constantly discovering the mystery — and significance — of the ordinary: the unrelatedness and am- biguity of the most familiar behavior or the most casual words, the indeterminancy of spontaneous thoughts and feelings. Hence the difficulty of interpreting Chekhov — and the satisfac- tion of producing him well. As Maurice Valency has written: ' . . . from the contrast between what seems, from one view- point, comic, but tragic from another, Chekhov developed a form of drama, a dramatic polyphony, which is unparalled in the history of the theatre. ' — David Magarashack Chekhov ' s UNCLE VANYA was very carefully selected as the premiere piece for the Old Boiler Room Theatre. Since the pur- pose of this new performing space is one which allows for ex- perimentation with different forms and styles of dramatic litera- ture, the Chekhovian play of action was a good choice. The idea of a small audience being allowed to see mininteractions and relationships from many points of view was the idea which confirmed the selection of this play.

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LEXINGTON RESTORATION DAY II m I I II K1

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:ast: Al Gordon, Kim Bailey, Betty Kahn, Free Ray, Paul A. Morella, Paul Cella, R. Taylor Harbison, Courtney Spear, Michael Hollinger, Keith Shillington.