Characters in the Play
Alexandr Valdimirovitch Serebryakov (a retired Professor)
Yelena Andreyevna (his wife, aged 27)
Sofya Alexandrovna (Sonya) (his daughter by his first wife)
Marya Vassilyevna Voynitsky (widow of a Privy Councillor and mother of Professor’s first wife)
Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky (her son)
Mihail Lvovitch Astrov (a Doctor)
Ilya Ilyitch Telyegin (a Landowner reduced to poverty)
Marina (an old Nurse)
A Labourer
The action takes place on Serebryakov’s estate.