CHARACTERS
Irina Arkádina, an actress
Constantine Treplieff, her son
Peter Sorin, her brother
Nina Zarietchnaya, a young girl, the daughter of a rich landowner
Ilia Shamraeff, the manager of Sorin’s estate
Paulina, his wife
Masha, their daughter
Boris Trigorin, an author
Eugene Dorn, a doctor
Simon Medviedenko, a schoolmaster
Jacob, a workman
A Cook
A Maidservant
The scene is laid on Sorin’s estate. Two years elapse between the third and fourth acts.
