Characters

Name: The Sea Gull - Characters
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

IRINA ABKADINA, an actress

CONSTANTINE TREPLIEFF, her son

PETER SORIN, her brother

NINA ZARIETCHNAYA, a young girl, the daughter of a rich landowner

ILIA SHAMRAEFF, the manager of SORIN’S estate

PAULINA, his wife

MASHA, their daughter

BORIS TRIGORIN, an author

EUGENE DORN, a doctor

SIMON MEDVIEDENKO, a schoolmaster

JACOB, a workman

A COOK

A MAIDSERVANT

The scene is laid on SORIN’S estate. Two years elapse between the third and fourth acts.

THE SEA-GULL

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Chicago: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, "Characters," The Sea Gull, trans. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 in The Sea Gull (London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1831), Original Sources, accessed March 14, 2026, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9JXN2NDTJE5GN7Z.

MLA: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich. "Characters." The Sea Gull, translted by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859, in The Sea Gull, London, Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1831, Original Sources. 14 Mar. 2026. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9JXN2NDTJE5GN7Z.

Harvard: Chekhov, AP, 'Characters' in The Sea Gull, trans. . cited in 1831, The Sea Gull, Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, London. Original Sources, retrieved 14 March 2026, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9JXN2NDTJE5GN7Z.