CHARACTERS
Nicholas Ivanoff, perpetual member of the Council of Peasant Affairs
Anna, his wife. Née Sarah Abramson
Matthew Shabelski, a count, uncle of Ivanoff
Paul Lebedieff, President of the Board of the Zemstvo
Zinaida, his wife
Sasha, their daughter, twenty years old
Lvorr, a young government doctor
Martha Babakina, a young widow, owner of an estate and daughter of a rich merchant
Kosich, an exciseman
Michael Borkin, a distant relative of Ivanoff, and manager of his estate
Avdotia Nazarovna, an old woman
Gerorge, lives with the Lebedieffs
First Guest
Second Guest
Third Guest
Fourth Guest
Peter, a servant of Ivanoff
Gabriel, a servant of Lebedieff
Guests of both sexes
The play takes place in one of the provinces of central Russia
