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 . | | 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"