David Mamet has adapted several works by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, including Vint (1985), The Cherry Orchard (1985), The Three Sisters (1991), and Uncle Vanya (1994). Mamet's adaptation of Uncle Vanya was also used as the basis for Louis Malle's film Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) in which a group of New York actors rehearse Chekhov's play in a rundown theater.