Vasily Vasilich Svetlovidov
from Swan Song
by Anton Chekhov
Monologue Text
Well, well, this is funny! Here's a good joke! I fell asleep in my dressing-room when the play was over, and there I was calmly snoring after everybody else had left the theatre. Ah! I'm a foolish old man, a poor old dodderer! I have been drinking again, and so…
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Copyright Status
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Copyright and Performance Guidelines Statement
This translation by Marian Fell was first published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. It is now a public domain work and may be performed without royalties.
Author(s)
Character Name
Vasily Vasilich Svetlovidov
Source Title
Swan Song
Source Type
PLAY
Act / Scene
Act 1, Scene 1
Setting
The empty stage of a second-rate provincial theater.
Period
CONTEMPORARY
Publishing Status
PUBLISHED PIECE
Content Rating
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
Era
LATE 19th to EARLY 20th CENTURY
Monologue Type
COMIC
DRAMATIC
Gender
MALE (MASCULINE)
Age Range
40s - LATE
50s
60s
70+
Race / Ethnicity
CAUCASIAN
Dialect
STANDARD AMERICAN
RUSSIAN
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