Dramatis Personae
Andrey Sergeyevitch Prosorov
Natalia Ivanova (Natasha), his fiancée, later his wife (28)
Olga (28),
Masha (23),
Irina (20), his sisters
Feodor Ilitch Kuligin, high school teacher, married to Masha
Alexander Ignateyevitch Vershinin, lieutenant-colonel in charge of a battery (42)
Nicolai Lvovitch Tuzenbach, baron, lieutenant in the army (30)
Vassili Vassilevitch Soleni, captain
Ivan Romanovitch Chebutikin, army doctor (60)
Alexey Petrovitch Fedotik, sublieutenant
Vladimir Carlovitch Rode, sublieutenant
Ferapont, doorkeeper at local council offices, an old man
Anfisa, nurse (80)
The action takes place in a provincial town.
(Ages are stated in parentheses.)