CHARACTERS
Alexander Serebrakoff, a retired professor
Helena, his wife, twenty-seven years old
Sonia, his daughter by a former marriage
Mme. Voitskaya, widow of a privy councilor, and mother of Serebrakoff's first wife
Ivan (Vanya) Voitski, her son
Michael Astroff, a doctor
Ilia (Waffles) Telegin, an impoverished landowner
Marina, an old nurse
A Workman
The scene is laid on Serebrakoff’s country place
