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Uncle Victor

Anton Chekhov, Rosary Hartel O'Neill

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Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy

3m, 4f

ISBN: 9780573697616

"O'Neill followed the original closely but not slavishly, and the resulting hybrid was a graceful and poignant evening of theater. " - Proscenium

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Description

Full Length Play

Dramatic Comedy

Period

90 minutes

Time Period - 19th Century

Settings Of Play - The gallery of Waverly, the Trowell family sugar cane plantation in South Louisiana, 1899. Selective staging can be done with simple or draped furniture pieces.

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Interior Set

Period Costumes

CAUTIONS

Mild Adult Themes

THEMES

Love

TARGET AUDIENCE

Adult, Senior

PERFORMANCE GROUP

College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre

Winner! Cort Theatre, Hollywood Award, Best New Play
Winner! Sewanee Playwrights retreat fellowship
Winner! American Embassy tour of Budapest

Uncle Victor is a historical comedy inspired by the classic Russian play, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov.

O'Neill places her characters on Waverly Plantation in 1899 Louisiana. Will Uncle Victor be able to save the sugar plantation now that the professor and his gorgeous young wife have returned with their excessive epicurean needs? Uncle Victor must choose between passion for the new wife and preservation of the family estate. He and the doctor try to salvage the best for Louisiana, but fall in love with the new wife, a diva who has none of their interests. Selective staging of a parlor in an old plantation house can be done with simple or draped furniture pieces.

"O'Neill followed the original closely but not slavishly, and the resulting hybrid was a graceful and poignant evening of theater. " - Dalt Wonk, Proscenium

Characters

CASTING

3m, 4f

CASTING ATTRIBUTES

Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Parts for Senior Actors

CHORUS SIZE

No Chorus

RANDOLPH TROWELL (DOLPH) - a retired professor.
ELLEN BARNES TROWELL - 27; his wife.
SOPHIE MALLORY TROWELL - his daughter by his first wife.
LOUISE MALLORY (MAMERE) - mother of the professor’s first wife.
VICTOR - her son.
DAVID AUGUST GREENAN - a doctor.
MARIE GAUDET - an old nurse.

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MUSICAL STYLE

N/A (Not a musical)

VOCAL DEMANDS

N/A (Not a musical)

Author(s)

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Rosary Hartel O'Neill

Rosary Hartel O'Neill is the author of twenty-two plays most published by Samuel French, Inc. This summer and fall she has upcoming fellowships in TV/playwriting at Harvard, the Norman Mailer Center and Sanskriti Kendra, India. Other professional achievements include: Marilyn/God published by Samuel French, Inc. and Uncle Victor read at the German Consulate in New York City. She was Artist in ... view full profile