The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov

1904

Translated by Julius West, 1916

Characters

—     Lubov Andreyevna Ranevsky (Mme. Ranevsky), a landowner

—     Anya, her daughter, aged seventeen

—     Varya (Barbara), her adopted daughter, aged twenty-seven

—     Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev, Mme. Ranevsky’s brother

—     Ermolai Alexeyevitch Lopakhin, a merchant

—     Peter Sergeyevitch Trofimov, a student

—     Boris Borisovitch Simeonov-pischin, a landowner

—     Charlotta Ivanovna, a governess

—     Simeon Panteleyevitch Epikhodov, a clerk

—     Dunyasha (Avdotya Fedorovna), a maidservant

—     Fiers, an old footman, aged eighty-seven

—     Yasha, a young footman

—     A Tramp

—     A Station-master

—     Post-Office Clerk

—     Guests

—     A Servant

The action takes place on Mme. RANEVSKY’S estate