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. + 