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.) + 