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 |
