Uncle in a Chekhov play (5)
I believe the answer is:
vanya
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">uncle in a chekhov play</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for vanya that I've seen before include "'Uncle --', work of 19" , "Uncle making dramatic appearance" , "Uncle - - (Chekhov)" .)