Vera; or, The Nihilists

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Vera; or, The Nihilists
by Oscar Wilde
Vera; or, The Nihilists is the first play written by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1880, and in New York in 1882, but folded after only a week.

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[edit] Persons in the Prologue

Peter Sabouroff (an Innkeeper)

Vera Sabouroff (his Daughter)

Michael Stroganoff (a Peasant)

Dmitri Sabouroff

Nicolas

Colonel Kotemkin


[edit] Persons in the Play

Ivan the Czar

Prince Paul Maraloffski (Prime Minister of Russia)

Prince Petrovitch

Count Rouvaloff

Marquis de Poivrard

Baron Raff

General Kotemkin

A Page

Colonel of the Guard


[edit] Nihilists

Peter Tchernavitch, President of the Nihilists

Michael

Alexis Ivanacievitch, known as a Student of Medicine

Professor Marfa

Vera Sabouroff

Soldiers, Conspirators, Etc.


[edit] The Scenes of the Play

Prologue

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act IV


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