Uncle Vanya

Characters in the Play

• Alexandr Valdimirovitch Serebryakov (a retired Professor)

• Yelena Andreyevna (his wife, aged 27)

• Sofya Alexandrovna (Sonya) (his daughter by his first wife)

• Marya Vassilyevna Voynitsky (widow of a Privy Councillor and mother of Professor’s first wife)

• Ivan Petrovitch Voynitsky (her son)

• Mihail Lvovitch Astrov (a Doctor)

• Ilya Ilyitch Telyegin (a Landowner reduced to poverty)

• Marina (an old Nurse)

• A Labourer

The action takes place on Serebryakov’s estate.

Act I

Garden. Part of the house can be seen with the verandah. In the avenue under an old poplar there is a table set for tea. Garden seats and chairs; on one of the seats lies a guitar. Not far from the table there is a swing. Between two and three o’clock on a cloudy afternoon.