THE CHERRY ORCHARD: CHARACTERS BY RELATIONSHIP
(Characters whose rames are bracketed are mentioned in the play, but do not appear onstage}
[A Wealthy Countess in Yaroslav]
1 I
estranged nephew estranged niece .
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GAEV (51) «siblings —> MADAME RANEVSKAYA «----neighbors~---> LOPAHIN
(Leonid Andreyevich) (Lyubov Andreyevre) (erry Alexeyeviteh)
| a merchant
i he proposes to lease.
i Ranevskaya's property to
Il build summer rental villas
her three children
1
VARYA (24) her adopted daughter, who yearns to marry the merchant, Lopchin
ANYA (17) her birth daughter
[GRISHA] (perhaps 9) her son who drowned as a child, five years ago
‘TROFIMOV, « perpetual student, formerly tutor to the dead Grisha
(@ytor Sergeyevitch)
SEMYONOV-PISHTCHTK, o landowter in some financial distress
= EPIHODOV « proposes to-
clumsy accident-prore
demi-suicial clerk, beset with misadventures ottracted to the
(Semyon Pantalayeviteh) valet, Yasha
= CHARLOTTA, a governess and amateur magician, daughter of street performers
= FIRS (87), a protocol-sensitve valet = YASHA, a younger valet
= VAGRANT ~ STATIONMASTER
‘A NOTE ON RUSSTAN NAMES:
Pussians have three names:
A given name: Lyubov
‘A patronymic name identifying father: Lyubov Andreyeyna (daughter of Andrey)
‘A surname: Ranevskaya: Madame Ranevskaya
‘Tn Chekhov's time, decorum prescribed several proper uses of names:
‘Title and surname be used for formal relationships: "Madame Ranevskaya
Given name and patronymic were slightly less formal: "Lyubov Andreyevna”
Given name alone for familiarity: “Lyubov”
Diminutive of the given rame for affection or condescension:
yuba"