The Sea-Gull, by Anton Chekhov

CHARACTERS

Irina Abkadina, 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.