The Cherry Orchard

by Anton Chekhov

Characters

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