Chekhovian dialogue is similar to counterpoint in music. Characters talk from within the shell of their own miseries. Chekhov was a great sound effects artist, though the most typically symbolic sounds are off-stage. Nature and Time's passing are also strong symbolic presences in Chekhov territory. Blooming trees bring a synchronous blossoming of childhood memories.
Announcements relating to the passing of time are everywhere.
He dramatized what he saw, without making any judgments or expecting to effect any social changes. It's up to the audience to make what it will of the human canvas he spreads before them. The Three Sisters at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Uncle Vanya Roundabout production with Derek Jacobi Uncle Vanya reviewed in Les Gutman's December DC Report The Sea Gull. Notable Quotes Chekhov's plays are studded with quotable dialogue. Following are some pronouncements by leading characters in the much produced The Three Sisters.