Set on a remote farm in the Ukraine, "Uncle Vanya" is the story of two obsessive love affairs that lead nowhere and a flirtation that brings disaster. This is a comprehensively annotated edition for students of Chekhov's first masterpiece, in the definitive translation by award-winning playwright Michael Frayn. Anton Chekhov (18601904) is one of the founding fathers of modern drama. His most important plays are "Three Sisters,""Ivanov,""The Seagull," and "The Cherry Orchard."