Uncle Vanya

Directed by Sam Yates — co-creator and director of “Vanya,” Andrew Scott’s one-man “Uncle Vanya,” currently a hot theater ticket in NYC — “Toward Zero,” based on a 1944 novel, falls securely in the loose camp.

The ending of “Uncle Vanya,” a theatrical oil painting of human endurance, is exquisitely executed.

Simon Godwin, artistic director of Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., pulls off this feat in “Uncle Vanya,” a production at Berkeley Repertory Theatre that has one foot in the 21st century and another at the turn of the 20th.

“Uncle Vanya,” in short, isn’t a television drama, much as contemporary actors trained for the camera might barrel forward in a mumbling Netflix fashion.

The couple were soon appearing together in a series of plays in Chichester, in the UK, including a notable staging of Uncle Vanya.