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The setting is a park on SORIN'S estate, where a broad avenue of trees runs toward a lake hidden beyond a rough, temporary stage used for amateur theatricals. Dense bushes flank the stage on both sides, while a few chairs and a small table are placed in front of it.
First publish date: 1977
Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama
Authors: Антон Павлович Чехов
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